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The Lopez Family Home: 4 Crystal Lane

Creation Notes:

As alluded to previously, this house has a bit of 2021 flair to it! See, despite having downloaded houses with attached garages back in the day, and seeing them everywhere within the community, I never attempted one myself. I'd like to thank Sims YouTuber, Tea Addict, for her tutorial. It was surprisingly easy to do! Can't believe I procrastinated learning this for so long.

With this house in particular, though it is a bit of a common practice across my builds, is that I reused the hallway bathroom floor plans. It's easier that way.

I was a bit of a loss for how to decorate the interior, so I just did my best. Jorge has a workout mat that should be functional, and I figured Isabella would be into dance, so I gave her a small practice area. Overall too I envision that the Lopez's have had a bit of success before coming here, hence their slightly more upscale look compared to the Baker's home, for example.

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Law Of Fashion: Counterfeit And Knockoff Goods

By Jenna Shifflett, James Madison University, Class of 2021

June 13, 2020

Across the globe, the lucrative business of counterfeiting has grown into its very own dark industry. Though counterfeiting takes place in nearly all sectors of product manufacturing, the fashion industry is where it runs the most rampant. The market for counterfeit clothing -- items such as textiles, footwear, handbags, and watches -- amounted to $450 billion in 2017 alone [1]. This year, so far, annual sales lost from counterfeiting in the clothing sector equal nearly $30 billion [2]. The fashion industry is currently fighting a unique uphill battle, against both counterfeit and knockoff goods. And, as the market for counterfeit and knockoff clothing, shoes, and accessories grows, so does the need for improved regulations that protect designers’ original works. Despite this, due to present-day outdated legislation, it is very difficult for brands to protect their designs under United States law.

Counterfeit or Knockoff?

In fashion, the term “knockoff” is often falsely employed to describe a counterfeit product, but the two terms actually describe very different things. A knockoff is a product that closely resembles another pre produced item, without being exactly identical to the original. Knockoff clothing and accessories can be purchased from otherwise reputable retailers, for cheaper prices than the original items [4]. Fast-fashion brands, which specialize in quickly manufacturing designs inspired by trending luxury labels, regularly sell knockoff goods at more accessible price points. The crucial difference between counterfeits and knockoffs, is that the latter imitates an established product without infringing on existing copyrights [5]. For this reason, many knockoffs are completely legal. On the other hand, a counterfeit is a product that is nearly identical to another original design. A counterfeit attempts to be an undistinguishable copy of the original, which normally infringes upon a pre-existing trademark [6]. For example, a business that deliberately duplicates the Adidas trademark on shoes is guilty of counterfeiting [7]. While knockoffs are sold through physical retailers, counterfeits are usually marketed online or through street vendors. Online suppliers and vendors of counterfeits frequently mislead customers into believing they are buying authentic luxury goods at drastically lower prices. The production of counterfeit goods is extremely illegal, yet the international market is saturated with them.

Relevant Case

In 2000, at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez first debuted the (now iconic) vivid green, jungle themed Versace gown. Nearly two decades after that night, the instantly recognizable dress is still widely sought after. In 2019, the Italian luxury brand Versace filed a complaint in the US district court in California against the popular fast-fashion label Fashion Nova. This was not the first time Fashion Nova had received negative attention for replicating a trendy celebrity look, in fact the quick production of copycat designs had become their -- and many others -- forte. Versace alleged that Fashion Nova copied the brand’s “most famous and recognizable” styles, including Lopez’s dress and several additional pieces [8]. Versace believed that the sale of knockoff versions of its styles would confuse potential shoppers. To Versace, consumer belief that the luxury brand was actually affiliated with the fast-fashion company would diminish the brand’s image and ability to conduct business [9]. In the lawsuit, Versace accused Fashion Nova of violating its copyrights and trademarks. Versace believed that its copyright should protect the brand’s original creative works, while its trademarks should protect distinguishable elements like the Versace logo [10].

The lawsuit detailed instances where Fashion Nova allegedly imitated the original jungle dress design: distinguishable elements such as the neckline, leg slit, and circular brooch [11]. It also pointed out instances in which Fashion Nova replicated copyrights and trademarks. Versace’s lawsuit calls Fashion Nova’s designs a “plainly deliberate effort to exploit the popularity and renown of Versace’s signature designs… in order to drive profits and sales to line Fashion Nova’s pockets” [12]. It is not difficult to see why Versace believes its designs were Fashion Nova’s inspiration, considering that the Jennifer Lopez copy was part of an entire collection of celebrity knockoffs released by the brand. The lawsuit continued to January of this year, when Fashion Nova filed a 25 page answer to Versace’s claim in a California federal court. Fashion Nova claimed that Versace’s registrations should be cancelled because the prints in question, jungle and Baracco designs, are not actually original to Versace [13]. Originality is a core requirement for the copyright protection that Versace is claiming to have. For this reason, the California-based brand assets that it did not violate federal copyright and trademark law when selling its designs [14]. Fashion Nova asked the court to declare that it is not infringing Versace’s copyrights or trademarks, and to invalidate six of the Italian brand’s existing copyright registrations [15]. Versace is still currently seeking an injunction to prevent Fashion Nova from designing, selling, or promoting any products that violate its copyrights or trademarks. The lawsuit also calls for Fashion Nova to pay Versace an undetermined sum of money [16]

Current Law

The case of Gianni Versace S.r.l. v. Fashion Nova, Inc. showcases how difficult it is for brands to substantially protect themselves from knockoffs. Since fashion is not adequately protected under American copyright law, it is fairly easy for brands to get away with copying one another. As long as an item is not an identical counterfeit, being passed off as an original, copyright law will often deem it to be acceptable. This is because United States copyright law, written four decades ago, classifies fashion as a manufacturing industry rather than a creative one [17]. In an interview with Vox, Lawyer Doug Hand explains that since American was originally a nation of manufacturers, not designers, fashion was considered a practical industry. So, unlike other innovative fields -- music, literature, and art -- many fashion designs are not seen as creative works in need of copyright protection [18]. The shape, cut, and construction of a garment do not fall within the narrow categorisation of creative expressions accounted to require protection under United States law [19]. In 2007, legislation was first proposed to amend the Copyright Act for fashion designers. The changes aimed to protect unique designs for up to three years and make the production of knockoffs a form of copyright infringement [20]. Five years later, another attempt was made to pass the amendment, renamed the Innovative Design Protection Act, by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. The bill was never brought to a vote [21]. Despite this, there are still some ways that American designers can protect their work. Until national law improves with the rapid growth of the fashion industry, designers must be proactive. By taking the initiative to patent distinct technical aspects of their designs and trademark their companies’ names and logos the best they can, brands can use current copyright law to try to shield themselves from both knockoffs and counterfeits [22].

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[1] “The Counterfeit Report: The Big Business of Fakes.” The Fashion Law, 1 Mar. 2020, www.thefashionlaw.com/the-counterfeit-report-the-impact-on-the-fashion-industry/.

[2] O'Connell, Liam. “Sales Value Losses from Fake Goods, by Industry Worldwide 2020.” Statista, 18 May 2020, www.statista.com/statistics/1117921/sales-losses-due-to-fake-good-by-industry-worldwide/.

[3] Zaczkiewicz, Arthur. “Counterfeits, Knockoffs, Replicas: Parsing the Legal Implications.” WWD, WWD, 12 Aug. 2016, wwd.com/business-news/retail/counterfeit-knockoff-replica-legal-10437109/.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Stim, Richard. “Will You Get in Trouble for Selling Counterfeit Goods?” Www.nolo.com, Nolo, 23 Dec. 2014, www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-counterfeiting.html.

[6] Zaczkiewicz, Arthur. “Counterfeits, Knockoffs, Replicas: Parsing the Legal Implications.” WWD, WWD, 12 Aug. 2016, wwd.com/business-news/retail/counterfeit-knockoff-replica-legal-10437109/.

[7] Stim, Richard. “Will You Get in Trouble for Selling Counterfeit Goods?” Www.nolo.com, Nolo, 23 Dec. 2014, www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-counterfeiting.html.

[8] Gianni Versace S.r.l. v. Fashion Nova, Inc. 2:2019-cv-10074 (C.D.Cal)

[9] Bain, Marc. “Versace's Famed J.Lo Grammy Dress Is at the Center of a New Lawsuit.” Quartz, Quartz, 27 Nov. 2019, qz.com/quartzy/1757151/versace-sues-fashion-nova-saying-it-copied-j-los-grammy-dress/.

[10] Ibid.

[11] Ibid.

[12] Gianni Versace S.r.l. v. Fashion Nova, Inc. 2:2019-cv-10074 (C.D.Cal)

[13] “Fashion Nova Responds to Versace Lawsuit with 32 Defenses, 2 Counterclaims and a Vow to Fight.” The Fashion Law, 1 Apr. 2020, www.thefashionlaw.com/fashion-nova-responds-to-versace-lawsuit-with-32-defenses-2-counterclaims-and-a-vow-to-fight/.

[14] Ibid.

[15] Ibid.

[16] Bain, Marc. “Versace's Famed J.Lo Grammy Dress Is at the Center of a New Lawsuit.” Quartz, Quartz, 27 Nov. 2019, qz.com/quartzy/1757151/versace-sues-fashion-nova-saying-it-copied-j-los-grammy-dress/.

[17] Lieber, Chavie. “Fashion Brands Steal Design Ideas All the Time. And It's Completely Legal.” Vox, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018, www.vox.com/2018/4/27/17281022/fashion-brands-knockoffs-copyright-stolen-designs-old-navy-zara-h-and-m.

[18] Ibid.

[19] Humphreys, Gabriel. “Counterfeit: Counterculture to Couture.” Varsity Online, 2 June 2020, www.varsity.co.uk/fashion/17807.

[20] “Law on Fashion Knockoffs Not Needed Say Experts.” FashionNetwork.com, in.fashionnetwork.com/news/Law-on-fashion-knockoffs-not-needed-say-experts,636894.html.

[21] Lieber, Chavie. “Fashion Brands Steal Design Ideas All the Time. And It's Completely Legal.” Vox, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018, www.vox.com/2018/4/27/17281022/fashion-brands-knockoffs-copyright-stolen-designs-old-navy-zara-h-and-m.

[22] Ibid.

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CVS Pharmacy Inside Me Covid 19 2020 I Can'T Stay At Home T-Shirt

Tonight, Jennifer Lopez attended CVS Pharmacy Inside Me Covid 19 2020 I Can'T Stay At Home T-Shirt . the CFDA Awards in New York to collect her Fashion Icon award (past recipients include Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Kate Moss), and the superstar certainly put that new title to good use when hitting the red carpet this evening. Attending with her stylish man, Alex Rodriguez, the singer slash actress chose an archival two-piece by Ralph Lauren for the occasion that originated from the American designer’s Fall 1999 collection. Only an icon can truly make a throwback piece, not to mention a red carpet crop top, feel completely fresh and current. CVS Pharmacy Inside Me Covid 19 2020 I Can'T Stay At Home T-Shirt, hoodie, sweater, longsleeve and ladies t-shirt

Classic Men's Pulling off that tricky silhouette, Lopez paired her custom embellished cropped turtleneck with a matching silk taffeta skirt CVS Pharmacy Inside Me Covid 19 2020 I Can'T Stay At Home T-Shirt . The style—call it the antidote to the traditional full-coverage gown—was inspired by a look that supermodel Gisele Bündchen originally wore in the label’s Fall 1999 campaign; Lopez’s killer abs and out-of-this-world glow only helped revive the look with zing. Meanwhile, her tasteful styling helped elevate it, too: She accessorized the ensemble with a sparkling orange clutch and teardrop earrings, rounding out the look with A-list flourish. During the Worldwide Developers Conference yesterday, Apple unveiled and previewed its latest set of advancements, which included an expansion of its health-minded offerings. Among the most anticipated is the new Cycle Tracking app for Apple Watch, which gives women the ability to log important information about their menstrual cycle to not only track the timing of their next period, but monitor their flow, symptoms, and fertility as well. While similar to third-party apps such as Flo, Clue, and Glow, Apple's feature will be preinstalled in Apple Watches, as well as within the Health app on iPhones with iOS 13, which makes the technology more readily accessible. And if you're trying to conceive, the app's fertility window predictions could be a helpful mechanism. (But as Apple stressed with a footnote in its press release, it should never be used as a birth control method.)"If you're not trying to get pregnant, it can be falsely reassuring to think that you have a safe zone in which to have unprotected intercourse," cautions Dr. Lauren Streicher, MD, of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. You Can See More Product: https://luxuryt-shirt.com/product-category/trending/ Read the full article

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فرناندو كولنج - Fernando Colunga CV المشاهير

فرناندو كولنج - Fernando Colunga

قصة حياة معلومات السيرة الذاتية ويكيبيديا Wikipedia CV

فرناندو كولنج (Fernando Colunga)، ممثل مكسيكي معروف بأدائه في المسلسلات المكسيكية، من مواليد يوم 3 مارس 1966 في مكسيكو، المكسيك.

اسم الشهرة: فرناندو كولنج.

الاسم بالانجليزية: Fernando Colunga. الاسم الحقيقي الكامل: Fernando Colunga Olivares. ألقاب: Fer. بلد الجنسية: المكسيك. تاريخ الميلاد: 3 مارس 1966. مكان الميلاد: مكسيكو، المكسيك. العمل: ممثل. النوع: تلفزيون. سنوات العمل: 1988 - حتى الآن. الاب: Fernando Colunga. الام: Margarita Olivares. الطول: 187 سنتيمتر.

تفاصيل السيرة الذاتية وقصة حياة

ولد فرناندو كولنج يوم 3 مارس 1966 في مدينة مكسيكو في المكسيك. والده اسمه (Fernando Colunga) وكان يعمل مهندسا، ووالدته اسمها (Margarita Olivares) وهي ربة منزل، ، وكان وحيد والديه إلا أنه لم يكن مدللهم، وكان طفلا هادئا وذلك نتيجة تربية والدية الصارمة والذكية فهما كانا يعاملانه بعقلانية وربّياه على أنه حر لكن هذه الحرية تنتهي عندما تمس حرية الآخرين، مما جعله يعي الإحترام الذي يستحقه غيره ويؤمن بأن الصدق والبساطة هما الأفضل.

بخصوص الدراسة أمضى سنوات الحضانة في (Partenón) أما الإعدادي والثانوي فقد درسه في (la Salle)، بينما كانت دراسته الجامعية في (iberoamericana)، وهناك درس الهندسة المدنية حيث تخرج كمهندس مدني. 

بدأ العمل الفني في التمثيل عام 1988 عندما بلغ 22 سنة من العمر، حيث بدأ يحصل على فرص في الأفلام المكسيكية بأدوار ثانوية من خلال شركة (Televisa)، وذلك بدور البديل في مسلسل (Dulce desafío)، حيث قام بالأدوار الصعبة بدلا من الممثل (Eduardo Yáñez). ومنذ ذلك الحين بدأ بالتمثيل في عدة مسلسلات والظهور في عدة برامج، ومن تلك المسلسلات: في عام 1991، مسلسل الأطفال الشهير (Plaza Sésamo)، ومسلسل (Cenizas y diamantes)، ومسلسل (Madres egoístas)، ومسلسل (Alcanzar una estrella II). وكان النجاح الكبير لهذا النجم في عام 1992 من خلال المسلسل الشهير (María Mercedes)، بدور (Chicho) الذي كان سيقدم فقط في 10 حلقات، لكن يبدو أن الجمهور المكسيكي أعجب بهذا الشرير وأحبه، مما جعل الانتاج يقرر ابقاءه لـ 80 حلقة أخرى.

في عام 1993، عاد من جديد إلى شاشة التلفزيون من خلال مسلسل (Más allá del puente) من انتاج المنتجة (Carla Estrada) هذه المرة، وهو المسلسل الذي جعله يرشح لجائزة أفضل اكتشاف في فئة الذكور ضمن جوائز TVyNovelas لكنه لم يفز بها.

في عام 1994، أطل من جديد رفقة الممثلة Thalia في مسلسل (Marimar) بدور (Adrián Rosales). وفي نفس العام، انتقل إلى للسينما من خلال بطولة الفيلم (Bésame en la boca) رفقة النجمة الشهيرة Paulina Rubio.

في عام 1995، عمل في المسلسل التاريخي (Alondra) من انتاج المنتجة Carla Estrada مرة أخرى، بدور الجندي (Raúl Gutiérrez) مع Veronica Merchant ونجوم آخرين مثل Gonzalo Vega, Ernesto Laguardia, Marga Lopez, Ana Colchero, Juan Manuel Bernal, Beatriz Sheridan, Eric del Castillo وآخرين.

أعمال قادته للعالمية

في عام 1995، منحت لفرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga الفرصة للعمل لأول مرة في بطولة المسلسلات التلفزيونية، حيث تمكن من لعب دور الشاب الغني المستهتر والسكير Luis Fernando De La Vega، وللمرة الثالثة مع الممثلة والمغنية وسيدة الأعمال Thalia وذلك في المسلسل الشهير والناجح María la del barrio، مما لا شك فيه كان واحدا من أبرز المسلسلات التلفزيونية الرائعة التي قدمها فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga، حيث كان يملك الشجاعة والكاريزما لهذا الدور.

سنة 1997 كانت سنة المجد والشهرة العالمية لهذا الممثل وذلك بعد أخذه بطولة المسلسل الناجح Esmeralda حيث لعب دور الشاب José Armando Peñarreal إلى جانب النجمة Leticia Calderón، هذا المسلسل بيع إلى أكثر من 170 دولة عبر العالم وحقق فيها نجاحا باهرا مما جعله نجما عالميا موهوبا يطارده ملايين المعجبين ليس هذا كل شيء، بل ان هذا المسلسل جعله يفوز للمرة الأولى بجائزة "أفضل ممثل" في حفل توزيع جوائز[1] TVyNovelas. بعد هذا النجاح الكبير ابتعد فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga عن الشا��ة لكن ليس عن الجمهور، الذي ضرب له موعدا في المسرح وذلك من خلال مسرحية "Pecado no original" رفقة النجمة المكسيكية الجميلة Chantal Andere. سنة 1998 عاد النجم الشهير من جديد ليحتل قلوب المشاهدين في العالم وذلك بدور Carlos Daniel Bracho في المسلسل الناجح La usurpadora ترافقه الفنزويلية الجميلة Gabriela Spanic، من جديد رشح لجائزة 'أفضل ممثل' ضمن جوائز TVyNovelas ولكنه لم يفز بها. بعدها وتحديدا خلال سنة 1999 أخذ من جديد دورا بطوليا آخر هذه المرة مع الممثلة Edith González وذلك في مسلسل Nunca te olvidaré في نفس السنة قدم مسلسل للأطفال Cuento de navidad تشاركه البطولة Chantal Andere.

دون التفكير في الراحة يطل نجم المسلسلات من جديد بدور ناجح آخر الحديث هنا عن Carlos Manuel Rivero بطل مسلسل Abrázame muy fuerte رفقة الممثلة المكسيكية Aracely Arámbula والثنائي المتألق Victoria Ruffo وCésar Évora. هذا الدور منحه عدة جوائز: جائزة 'أفضل ممثل' في حفل توزيع جوائز TVyNovelas وكذلك جائزتي El Heraldo de México وACE. بعد سنوات من النجاح والتألق والانتقال من دور لآخر قرر النجم فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga أخذ قسط من الراحة ليدرس التمثيل والاخراج ليعود سنة 2001 بدور مختلف ومفاجئ ذلك في مسلسل Navidad sin fin حيث قام بدور شاب فقير وقبيح للغاية.

أعمال ومسلسلات كسرت كلّ المقاييس

سنة 2003 تعرف الجمهور اللاتيني على قصة تاريخية ناجحة من خلال مسلسل Amor real، من جديد فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga يعمل مع المنتجة Carla Estrada حيث قدم لنا الدور الذي لا ينسى Manuel Fuentes Guerra مع الممثلة الناجحة Adela Noriega هذا الدور جعله يحصل جائزة 'أفضل ممثل' من TVyNovelas و'أفضل ممثل' من حفل ACE، المسلسل حقق نجاحا دوليا كبيرا وحصد اغلب الجوائز ويعتبر من أهم كنوز الفن اللاتني. من جديد يقرر فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga العودة للمسرح من خلال مسرحية "Trampa de Muerte" بجانب النجم الكبير César Evora.

لم يمر وقت طويل حتى قررت المنتجة Carla Estrada الاستفادة من جديد من براعة واهمية اسم ناجح كاسم فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga ليكون بطلا في مسلسل تاريخي آخر الحديث هنا عن المسلسل الناجح Alborada انتاج سنتي 2005 و2006 وعمل للمرة الأولى مع نجمة المكسيك الاولى Lucero رفقة كل من Valentino Lanús, Daniela Romo, Mariana Garza, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Vanessa Guzmán, Arturo Peniche, Irán Castillo وآخرون، هذا العمل حقق نجاحا كبيرا واستطاع نجم المسلسلات الحصول مجددا على على جائزة 'أفضل ممثل' في جوائز[1] TVyNovelas وكذلك ACE.

وعلى ما يبدو فان Carla Estrada قررت ان لا تتخلى عن نجم مثل فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga' لهذا قررت ان يكون بطل عملها التالي لسنة 2007 وهو مسلسل Pasión مسلسل تاريخي آخر ينضاف لسلسلة المسلسلات التاريخية التي عمل بها فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga والذي حقق من خلاله نجاحا كبيرا رغم كل ما اشيع عن عدم كونه ناجحا هذه المرة البطولة النسائية كانت من نصيب الممثلة Susana González، وخلال نفس السنة قام ببطولة فيلم Ladrón que roba a ladrón رفقة العديد من نجوم الدراما اللاتينية مثل: Miguel Varoni, Gabriel Soto, Sonya Smith وSaúl Lisazo عن هذا الفيلم حاز الممثل الناجح على جائزة 'اروع ممثل' في جوائز Juventud.

أعمال حافظت له على مكانته كنجم لاتيني

سنة 2008 يقرر فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga ان يعود للمسلسلات العصرية من خلال قبوله بطولة مسلسل Mañana es para siempre رفقة الممثلة الجميلة Silvia Navarro والنجمة Lucero التي لعبت دور الشر في هذه القصة هذه المرة المسلسل كان من إنتاج Nicandro Díaz، وبفضل دوره Eduardo Juárez في هذا المسلسل حصل على جائزة 'أفضل ممثل' و'أفضل ثنائي رفقة الممثلة Silvia Navarro' من حفل توزيع جوائز People en Español. ورشح لجائزة 'أفضل ممثل' ضمن جوائز TVyNovelas بعد هذا المسلسل اختفي فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga من جديد من أجل التفرغ للدراسة وعاد سنة 2010 بمسلسل Soy tu dueña رفقة المنتج Nicandro Díaz حيث قام بدور José Miguel Montesinos واجتمع من جديد بالنجمتين الجميلتين والمتألقتين Lucero وGabriela Spanic. الأولى كبطلة والثانية كشريرة، هذا المسلسل حقق النجاح الكبيرا وكانت نسب مشاهدته جد عالية وللمرةالخامسة يفوز بجائزة 'أفضل ممثل' في جوائز[1] TVyNovelas وجوائز People en Español كما انه رشيح لجائزة 'أفضل ثنائي' مع Lucero في جوائز People en Español لكنهما لم يفوزا بها.

غاب فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga من جديد هذه المرة لمدة سنتين وذلك من أجل دراسة الاخراج السينمائي، والاسترخاء قليلا، ليظهر أواخر سنة 2011 وذلك من خلال مسرحيته الناجحة Manos Quietas حيث شارك معه كل من Lorena Rojas y Aylín Mujica هذه المسرحيةالتي لاقت اقبلا جماهريا واسعا ونجاحا كبيرا، بعد هذه المسرحية وفي شهر يوليوز سنة 2012 تم تكريم الوسيم وذلك بمنحه جائزة premio Supernova في Premios Juventud، والتي تعتبر بمثابة تتويج واعتراف وفخر بمسيرة الإمبراطور المهنية، وفي نفس السنة تم ترشيحه لعدد من المسلسلات في النهاية وافق على بطولة المسلسل الناجح Porque el Amor Manda هذاالمسلسل بيع لـ 57 دولة قبل ان يبدأ عرضه ونجح نجاحا باهرا في المكسيك ما يزال لحد الآن يحظى بنسبة متابعة هامة رغم انها التجربة الاولى له في مجال الكوميديا الا انها تجربة ناجحة جدا المسلسل يضم نخبة من نجوم المكسيك تشاركها لبطولة النجمة وملكة جمال المكسيك السابقة Blanca Soto وهو من انتاج Juan Osorio وستكون نهايته منتصف يونيو المقبل.

عمل فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga في المجمل في 20 من المسلسلات التلفزيونية المكسيكية، حظي من خلالها بدور البطولة 13 مرة، ترافقه ممثلاث مهمات ولهن وزنهن في الساحة اللاتينية، واليوم الممثل يبلغ 47 عاما من العمر وبالتأكيد قد كسب احترام وقلب الجمهور المكسيكي وأمريكا اللاتينية. حيث أصبح اسطورة الفن اللاتيني واستحق معها الحصول على لقب إمبراطور وملك المسلسلات.

معلومات متنوعة

• مارس فنون القتال منذ كان في التاسعة من عمره.

• يمارس رياضة الغوص في البحر الكاريبي، كما انه غواص ماهر.

• يعشق ركوب الدرجات البخارية في وقت فراغة.

• يعرف كيف يستخدم السهم والقوس.

• يحب ممارسة الألعاب الرياضية مثل الاسكواش وموتوكروس.

• يذهب إلى صالة الالعاب الرياضية كل يوم لمدة ساعة ونصف.

• يحب القيام بالأعمال المطبخية، لهذا هو يطبخ ويأكل بنفسه.

• تخصص في الهندسة المدنية.

• كان يعمل كاداري.

• كان نادلا في السابق وحارسا في ابواب الملاهي.

• كان يملك متجر لاجهزة الكمبيوتر حيث انه كان يقوم ببيع الأجهزة الألكترونية وأنظمة الحواسيب.

• يمتلك عمله الخاص في تجارة قطع غيار السيارات.

• هو الأعلى اجرا في Televisa حيث يتقاضى مبلغا أكبر من باقي الممثلين ويبلغ اجره 61988 دولار شهريا.

• نال تعليمه في مجال الدراما في معهد دراسة الفنون لـ Televisa والمعروف باسم CEA.

• عمل كممثل بديل في بعض المسلسلات التلفزيونية.

• كانت بداياته الأولى كممثل في أدوار الشر.

• درس الاخراج السينيمائي ويفكر في الاختصاص فيه بعد اعتزاله.

• درس الانتاج التلفزيوني في لندن.

• ممثل بعيد عن الصحافة وبعيد عن الفضائح والقيل والقال.

• ممثل لا يشرب ولا يدخن بالإضافة إلى انه يكره التدخين ويطلب من زملائه واصدقائه ان لا يدخنوا امامه كما انه ينصحهم بالتخلي عن هذه العادة السيئة.

• عدا أنه رجل وسيم جذاب فهو على أعلى درجة من التعليم وقدم أعمال مميزة في المسرح والسينما.

• معظم مسلسلاته وصلت في المتوسط إلى 140-150 بلدان المختلفة وعادات وثقافات مختلفة

• بعد أخذه ادوار البطولة أصبح مشهورا في جميع البلدان لكن سبب شهرته الحقيقية كان مسلسله Esmeralda الذي بيع لأكثر من 170 دولة عبر العالم.

• اشتهر في السينما بعد أخذه البطولة في فيلم "Bésame en la boca " مع Paulina Rubio.

• اتيحت له الفرصة للعمل في برامج الأطفال مثل برنامج "Plaza Sésamo" حيث كان يلعب دور Fausto.

• واحد من أكثر الناس شهرة في المكسيك لكونه واحدا من أكثر الممثلين نجاحا في المسلسلات التلفزيونية وأدواره كما مسلسلاته لاقت نجاحا مدويا.

• أفضل اصدقائه هي الممثلة الناجحة Lucero

• أول قبله للوسيم كانت في سن 13.

• لا يملك حسابا في تويتر ولا في فيس بوك ولا اي موقع من المواقع الاجتماعية وعوض ذلك يتواصل مع محبيه عبر موقعه الخاص.

• لا يحب الظهور الكثير ويفضل الاختفاء بعد انتهاء أعماله.

أرقام وحقائق

- رقم 1: هو رقم فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga فهو الممثل الأول في العالم اللاتيني حسب معجبيه.

- رقم 2: هو عدد الأطفال الذي يتمنى فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga ان يحصل عليه.

- رقم 3: يمثل تاريخ ميلاده اليوم والشهر، كما انه عدد المسلسلات التي شارك فيها مع النجمتين Thalia وLucero.

- رقم 5: هو عدد المرات التي فاز بها فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga بجائزة أفضل ممثل ضمن جوائز TvyNovelas.

• رقم 7: هو عدد المسلسلات التي ظهر فيها فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga بادوار ثانوية.

- رقم 8: هو عدد الكيلغرامات التي فقدها فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga من أجل مسلسله Porque El Amor Manda.

- رقم 9: يمثل سن فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga عندما بدأ لأول مرة التدرب على فنون القتال.

- رقم 11: عدد المرات التي رشح فيها للفوز بجوائز TvyNovelas.

- رقم 13: هو عدد المسلسلات التي من بطولة فرناندو كولونجا Fernando Colunga والتي تم عرضها في المتوسط في 150 دولة مختلفة.

- رقم 20: هو عدد المرات التي حضر فيها إلى البرنامج الشهير Show de Cristina.

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[ranwing]

Kadam Fic: Just Breathe (11/12)

Title: Just Breathe Series: Season Four Remix Pairing(s), Characters(s): Kadam, Kurt Hummel, Adam Crawford, Burt Hummel, Rachel Berry, Santana Lopez, Camen Tibideaux, Cassandra July, Blaine Anderson, Sam Evans, Adam’s Apples, Original Characters Rating: PG13 (Rating may change) Genre(s): canon divergence, major lol Klaine and Blaine. Parts: 11/12

Summary: Auditions mean new challenges for Kurt and those around him, forcing him to face both his past and his future.

Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten

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The final weeks of the spring semester arrived inauspiciously, deceptive in its air of normalcy. But all too quickly the realities of what the students of NYADA would be facing became apparent and promised to be as insane as Kurt and Rachel had feared. All of their instructors suddenly seemed determined to test how long it would take to break them with the steady escalation of their already difficult demands. Rather than easing into the end of the semester, the pressure was ramped up to levels that neither of them had ever experienced before. Kurt looked over his test schedule in horror when he realized that in a two week period, he would have to survive not only his dance, voice and acting critiques, but all of his written exams as well.

Rachel’s eyes widened in horror when she reviewed her own schedule. “This is impossible,” she moaned. “How do I have my second day of dance on the same day as my theory exam?”

“We’re in the same boat. I’ve got three written tests in one day,” Kurt complained, resigning himself to his fate. “I think we can say goodbye to our free time for the foreseeable future.”

Rachel nodded, giving a small huff of frustration. “And forget about sleep.”

Kurt sighed, offering her a reassuring smile. “We’d be dealing with this no matter where we went to school,” he reminded his friend. “We’ll get through this. This is just us showing what we know we can do.”

Rachel nodded, resigned to her fate. “For you, maybe,” she granted. “But I’m not exactly the teachers’ favorite anymore and they’re going to be looking for me to fail.”

She sighed, looking over her schedule again. “That’s totally my fault. I really screwed myself.”

Kurt wouldn’t insult his friend by trying to disagree with her on that point. Her behavior the past few months had burned through what leniency she could have expected from her teachers. “You’re always your best when you’ve got something to prove,” he asserted. “I think you’re going to surprise a lot of people.”

Rachel looked up at him with a gratified smile, thankful to have his support. “I just wish that I wasn’t so stupid to let it get to this point,” she said repentantly. “But I have no one to blame by myself.”

Kurt knew that trying to deny what both of them knew was the reality that she was facing. If he was completely honest, seeing his friend so completely accepting of her responsibility for her current situation took him a bit by surprise. As did her determination to prove that she did deserve her spot at NYADA. If there was one thing that Kurt knew about his friend was that if she put her mind to something, there was little that could stand in her way.

He took her hand in his, giving it a reassuring squeeze. “We’re going to get through this,” he promised.

* * *

While they might not seem quite as harried as the younger students, the seniors facing graduation didn’t have it any easier than their younger counterparts did. Senior projects and presentations were all but finished, and the reality of facing life outside the safety of their school was truly starting to sink in as graduation day rapidly approached. Fears about finding gainful employment in one of the most competitive industries imaginable was starting to wear on even the most confident of them.

Adam knew that he was more fortunate than most. With the course of study he’d pursued, he had the potential to find work both on and off the stage. His preference would certainly be to find a job as a performer, but if there were no roles forthcoming he knew that he would be able to find a job on the production side of things. Less glamorous, perhaps, but it would allow him to pay his rent and give him time to build his acting career. Even under the worst of circumstances, he knew that he would be able to manage.

He’d had a bit of good fortune so far in that he had signed with a very good agent. Thomas Reagan might not run the largest agency in the city, but he was selective in the talent that he signed and gave his clients his full attention. He had taken on a number of NYADA graduates over the years, finding them good and consistent work. Adam had been happy to sign with him and was excited to be called in to the office to discuss his prospects.

“Hi Adam,” Mr. Reagan greeted, shaking the younger man’s hand. “Thanks for coming by today. I’ve got some interesting things to discuss with you.”

“Thanks,” Adam said sincerely, taking the offered chair.

“Can I get you a cup of coffee? Tea?”

“No, thank you,” Adam refused politely, having made the mistake of accepting the offer at his first meeting with the agent. Mr. Reagan might be well regarded professionally but capabilities did not extend to brewing a drinkable cup of coffee.

“Well, let’s cut to the chase,” the agent proposed as he sat down at his desk. “The last time we spoke, you mentioned that you’re committed to a summer production if I remember right.”

Adam nodded. “Yes, we start rehearsals right after I graduate and the festival runs through mid-August. I would be free to attend auditions from now through the end of the school term, and then right after the festival closes. Is that an issue?”

The agent considered the schedule and shook his head. “I don’t think so. There are several shows that are holding auditions in the coming couple of weeks that I’d like to send you out for and it’ll give us a chance to test the waters. What I’d like to get a sense of is what kind of roles really interest you. Is there a particular genre you’d prefer, or want to avoid?”

“I’m not inclined to be too fussy,” Adam admitted. “My first priority at this stage is to be working, so I’m not going to turn down anything decent. Off-Broadway and regional theater roles is more than fine if that’s what comes up. I’m thinking that I’d probably do better with straight plays than musicals, but I did take voice training and I think that I could do well with some musicals if the song book isn’t overly ambitious. I’m well aware of my limitations.”

His agent nodded, making a few notes. “I’m going to be sending out your CV to a few producers that have new shows in the works for the upcoming season. There are also some shows that will have replacement spots opening up. Some are chorus spots, but there are also some supporting roles that I think you’d be a nice fit with. A few need an actor that has a good grasp of accents.”

Adam grinned. “Well, I definitely have the British one down fairly well.”

Mr. Reagan chuckled, looking over his list again. “Okay then… I plan to keep you pretty busy for the next few weeks,” he warned. “We’ll be mindful of your school schedule, but I want to get you in front of as many directors as possible. I think that you’re highly marketable and it’s just going to be a matter of getting you in front of the right people at the right time. But I don’t think you have to worry. We’ll be able to get you work.”

“That’s something of a relief,” Adam admitted. “I’ll look forward to hearing from you, then.”

Mr. Reagan smiled and shook Adam’s hand again. “I’ll call you as soon as I’ve got some auditions set up.”

Adam walked out of the office, giving the secretary a cheery wave and felt much better about his employment prospects. It was one thing to think that you yourself had a chance and he knew that he was talent. But it was immensely gratifying and reassuring to have a professional in the business think that you had potential.

Despite his satisfaction at how their meeting had gone, Adam was at heart a realist. He knew that it would take a bit of time to get his career off the ground and find the right role and had to be determined and patient. In the meantime, he had his afternoon Theater Management class to focus on.

He was ready to graduate, he thought to himself as he listened to his professor drone on about the complexities of budgets and managing personnel. Four years of study had thought him a great deal and he was eager to start moving on with his career and start putting what he’d learned into practical action. He loved this school and all of the friends he’d made there, but he’d be the worst liar in the world if he didn’t admit that he was starting to feel a little constrained by the student environment. It was time for him to start moving on.

Once the class was dismissed, Adam gathered his things and set out for his final class of the day, moving through the hallways swarmed with younger students. He felt like a salmon trying to swim upstream as he deftly dodged underclassmen who were rushing to their own lessons. At one time, the crowd of bodies might have annoyed him, but now he could only look on them fondly. He wouldn’t be around to enjoy it much longer.

“Adam!”

He turned at hearing his name to see Mags running down the hallway in his direction, her mohawk flapping behind her. She landed in his arms with the force of a flying cannon ball, forcing him to spin in order to defuse the momentum of her blow and avoid being bowled over.

“Ooph… got you,” he grunted, swinging her about. “What’s got you so excited?”

She looked up at him, her dark eyes shining behind her glasses.”I got it! I got the job!”

His eyes widened in surprise. “You did? That’s bloody marvelous, darling,” he exclaimed, hugging her tightly and swinging her about.

“I didn’t think I would get it,” she insisted, her voice becoming an excited babble. “They’re one of the best production units!”

“I’m so happy for you,” Adam said happily, hugging her again. “You deserve this.”

“There’s only one downside,” Mags warned, worrying her lower lip with her teeth. “I’m going to have to move. The job is in L.A.”

That didn’t come as a total surprise to Adam. Despite there being a thriving film and television industry in New York, he’d known that the odds were fairly high that Mags would have to relocate for her work.

“We were sort of expecting that,” he reminded gently, keeping his arm wrapped about her. “But I wouldn’t exactly call that a downside. To be in a city absolutely overflowing with all kinds of creative people… I think that you’re going to love it there.”

“It is exciting, but I’m going to be all alone there,” she said hesitantly. “All of my friends are here.”

Adam’s smile faltered at the reminder that his best friend would soon be on the other side of the country. “But it will be easier to see your folks,” he reminded, looking for the silver lining for his friend. With Mag’s family on the west coast, she’d only seen them once or twice a year since starting school in New York. “And you never have trouble making new friends. You’ll be fine.”

She gave her friend a tentative smile. “You’re trying very hard to convince me to go through with it,” she accused half-heartedly.

Adam sighed, knowing full well the kind of misgivings she was feeling. To jump without a net to catch you if you faltered was one of the scariest propositions that anyone could face. He’d done that when he left England to seek an education in America. Kurt did that when he’d arrived in New York with nothing more than his ambitions and his dreams.

He pulled her close, letting her rest her head on his shoulder. “Because it’s what you want to do,” he reminded her. “This is your chance and I don’t want to see you let it slip away because you’re afraid that you might lose your friends. Because that is never going to happen.”

She nestled again him, taking a bit of comfort from his presence. “I know. I[m just being silly,” she sighed.

“I do understand,” Adam assured her, not wanting to see her let her doubts hold her back. “But you are going to be amazing there, and I can’t wait to hear all your stories about how crazy Hollywood can be.

“And if you don’t mind me sharing the good news with the rest of the group, we have to plan a proper celebration,” he insisted, pulling her along with him. “Something really spectacular because this deserves it.”

Mags couldn’t help from laughing and nodding in acceptance. “It’s really happening,” she marveled as they walked down the hallway. “Graduation… the real world…”

“Yup… and we’re going to be fine,” he promised.

She looked at him with a sad, winsome smile. “Yes we are. Aren’t we?”

Adam nodded, refusing to give into doubt. The world awaited them outside of NYADA’s walls and it was time for them to face it.

* * *

Cassandra July turned on her heel to face her exhausted class, her eyes glinting dangerously when she saw the limp, flailing mess that was left of her students.

“Okay, listen up!” she demanded, her voice cracking like a whip. “As you all should be well aware of, your final critiques are next week. Over the next two classes, I am going to be evaluating you on all the skills that you were supposed to learn. I’m not going to be correcting you in any way during class. This is all about seeing if you actually know what you’re supposed to be doing and can correct yourself.

“You’re going to be judged on form, timing and body of knowledge. If you don’t know a grant jeté from a grand pilé at this point, don’t bother showing up.”

She looked over her class with the kind of appraisal that a leopard might show a herd of wounded gazelles. “I want to see that I haven’t been wasting my time in this room. The ones who haven’t been practicing all semester are going to be very apparent, so don’t think that you’re going to fool me. Whatever happens next week is completely on you.”

She dismissed them with a curt bark and Rachel felt herself falling back against the barre with an exhausted gasp. She knew that next week was going to be horrible and that realistically there was no way she would be able to convince Ms. July that she was ready to move on to the next level of classes. No matter how well she performed, she knew that she would be found lacking. The best she could hope for was to show enthusiasm and some technical improvement, maybe enough to show that she deserved to be advanced.

Ms. July’s normally harsh criticisms of her efforts had been strangely absent the last few classes. Rachel didn’t know if she could take that as a small sign that she was improving, or if the teacher had simply washed her hands of her problematic student. She knew that Ms. July would not hesitate to flunk her, and she couldn’t afford a failing grade. Not if she wanted to keep her spot at NYADA.

Waiting until the rest of the class retreated to the dressing rooms, Rachel gathered up the shreds of her confidence and approached her teacher carefully. Ms. July was doing some easy stretches to keep her muscles warm for her next class, one of her long legs propped up on the barre.

“Ms. July?” she said with as much poise as she could muster. “Do you have a moment?”

The dance teacher gave a low huff of annoyance. “What is it, Schwimmer? I thought I told you to clear out with the rest of the class. Don’t you have some practice to not bother with?”

Rachel ignored the sting of the harsh reprimand and licked her lips, her mouth suddenly gone try from nervousness. “I was hoping…” She paused, trying to figure out a way to make her request without offending the older woman. “I know that it’s probably a little late, but I was hoping you might have some advice… or help… Something so I can do better next week?”

Ms. July gave her a long, penetrating stare, as if weighting out the sincerity of her appeal. “You’re joking, right? Don’t you think it’s a little later for you to be asking for help?” she finally demanded, not bothering to hide her frustration.

“Ms. July…”

The older woman shook her head in bewilderment, cutting her off. “You had months to ask me for help,” she reminded bluntly. “Months! I’ve been telling you for the longest time that you weren’t measuring up. I warned you weeks ago that weren’t going to pass. Why did you wait until right before your critique to ask me about what you could do?”

Rachel felt herself whither a bit inside at the admonishment, knowing full well that Ms. July was right. “I know that I should have asked earlier, but I wasn’t ready to ask for help,” she admitted. “The past few weeks… it’s obvious that I took at lot of things for granted and I wasn’t giving my education the attention that it deserved.”

“You acted like a spoiled brat,” Ms. July corrected bluntly, not hiding the distain in her voice. “You spent your entire time in my class more interested in being proven right than actually learning anything.”

Rachel felt her stomach clench uncomfortably at the harsh reproach, but she couldn’t deny what her teacher was accusing her of. If she had any hope of salvaging the semester, she had to get Ms. July to see sincere her contrition was.

“You’re right,” she said honestly. “My behavior was inexcusable. I let my ego get the best of me and I didn’t give you the effort that you deserved from me. But I promise that I did learn from you! I’m a much better dancer than I was before I came here.”

“Oh really? Then give me a double turn,” Ms. July demanded, stepping back to give Rachel room. “On the right lead.”

Rachel hesitated, knowing that her teacher was setting her up to fail and not wanting to just walk into a trap.

“Go on,” Ms. July snapped. “Or are you just wasting more of my time?”

She inhaled and stepped forward, balancing on the ball of her right foot and pushed off with her left leg with enough momentum to get two spins out if it. She tried to keep her left leg tucked up and her right leg straight as she completed the two rotations, coming to a halt with just a trace of a wobble. It wasn’t terrible, but she knew that there was no way that Ms. July would be satisfied with her form.

The teacher shook her head in annoyance, her patience clearly at and end. “You don’t even see what you’re doing wrong! Your hips weren’t level and you didn’t even try to spot…” She gave an exasperated grunt, gesturing at Rachel’s body. “You’re dancing like you never stepped foot in my class and these are just the basics! I don’t have three months to show you what you should have been learning all along!”

Rachel sighed in dejection, realizing just how deep the a hole she’d dug herself into. “But I know I can catch up,” she insisted, desperately hoping to convince Ms. July of her sincerity. “I promise that I’ll work extra hard next semester. You don’t need to hold me back.”

The older woman shook her head. “Berry, if you think that next semester will be any easier, you’re just kidding yourself. The next classes are all about building on what you were supposed to learn here. If you don’t have these basics down, you’ll never be able to keep up. You’d just end up falling further behind.”

She picked up her hand towel and patted the back of her neck with it, staring at the younger woman with a look of bemused frustration. “Look… just practice your basics,” she advised. “It’s not going to transform you into a dancer, but let’s see what you actually learned. I’ll give you an impartial and thorough critique and we’ll figure out where you go from there.”

Rachel could only watch as her teacher stalked out of the dance studio, leaving her to ponder just how she could possibly fix what she had so carelessly messed up. To be honest, Ms. July had been a lot fairer than she had any right to expect after how she’d behaved. It was mortifying when she thought back to how disrespectful she had been and while the insults still grated, she had no one to blame for her lack of advancement but herself.

Her only hope now was to do her best and pray that it would be enough. And if she did fail, that she would be able to show her willingness to learn from her mistakes and that she deserved one more chance. She could do better… she had to…

* * *

Madam Tibideaux looked over the expectant faces of her students, already making mental judgments over which of them might not be there in the fall. There were one or two that she wouldn’t be surprised to see to drop out, worn down by the rigorous demands that would only get harder as they continued their education. And there were a few that she might very well end up failing if they didn’t suitably impress her during their critiques.

She leaned back against her desk, wondering who might surprise her in the end. “So here we are,” she pronounced. “The final weeks of the school year. You’ve all given me a great deal to think of in regards to your development and this critique will be your final exam that shows me what you’ve truly learned in this room.”

She paused, cocking her head thoughtfully. “I’ve given a great deal of reflection as to what I wanted to consider and how best to test for it. You all have unique talents and unique weaknesses and having you perform a single song will only show me so much. So what I’ve got in mind is going to be a real test of your abilities.”

She smiled at the low murmur coming from her students as they digested what she was telling them. Several of them looked concerned, others merely curious at what she was proposing. Time for her to lower the boom.

“You won’t be singing one song,” she warned. “You’ll be singing three.”

She paused, letting her students wince and groan at the pronouncement. “Yes, I know… I know you weren’t expecting it and it’s a lot to manage in a relatively short period of time. Which is why it’s an ideal challenge for you. This is going to give you all the opportunity to show me who you are as performers. You’re going to need to select material from a variety of genres that will show all that you are capable of as singers. You will need sound technique to perform three pieces back to back without strain or a loss in vocal quality.

“This is also where your knowledge of music and your originality will come into play. Where you will really get to show me how you see yourselves as artists. I want to see an interesting assortment of songs from each of you. You’re going to have the freedom to sing whatever you believe will show your voice and your artistry to its best advantage. I want to see your hearts and your spirits; not just your voices.”

She offered her class a soft smile, softening the blow a bit. “Choose your material carefully. We’re going to see what kind of performers you’ve matured into.”

She dismissed the class with a reminder that they had only a week to figure out their material, sweeping out of the room and leaving confusion and worries in her wake. Rachel looked to Kurt, her confusion evident on her face.

“Three songs?” she moaned. “On top of our other critiques? That’s impossible.”

Kurt pursed his lips and nodded thoughtfully. None of them had anticipated having to prepare additional songs and had been caught nearly completely unprepared.“It’s going to be a major challenge. And she’s not giving us guidelines on material, so that could be a big advantage or a trap if we pick wrong.”

Analisa was sitting on Kurt’s other side and looked over her notes. “This really does leave a lot of potential for screwing up. We know how picky she is about material that she doesn’t think is up to snuff.”

“Material is just one thing we have to worry about,” Jamie McLean mused. “She wants to see us, so we’ve got to really translate whatever we choose well. This is going to be tough.”

Katya looked over her notes and sighed. “And she’s going to want to see something different from us. If we just do what we’ve been doing all semester, that’s going to kill us.”

Kurt just nodded, considering the challenge that lay before them. He’d had some ideas about what songs he would choose from, but now with the demand for multiple pieces, he had to seriously reconsider his options.

He looked to his friends and classmates with a determined glint in his eyes. “I think we need to consider our songs as a whole and how they work together. What we pick has to show her that we can handle all kinds of material. Something up tempo, and then something more dramatic... We give her a show and not just a random collection of songs.”

Analisa nodded. “That would impress her,” she stated confidently. “The question is how we do it.”

“And we’ve only got a week to figure it out,” Rachel reminded.

Jamie couldn’t help laughing ruefully. “No pressure then.”

Kurt knew that they didn’t have a lot of time to figure this out. “I think we should get together and brainstorm,” he suggested. “We’ve been listening to one another sing for months now and we know what we can do and what she expects from us. Let’s get together this afternoon and run some ideas by one another.”

Rachel turned a thankful stare to her friend, grateful for the chance to get another perspective. “That’s a great idea. I’m in.”

Analisa nodded. “I’ll be done by five. We can meet at the diner around the corner.”

Jamie clapped his hands. “Okay then. After class at the diner for brainstorming and burgers. Sounds like a plan.”

Kurt grinned and grasped Rachel’s hand in his. “We’ve got this,” he said confidently. “We’re going to knock her brocade socks off.”

Rachel couldn’t help from getting swept along by their clear self-assurance. And she was admittedly grateful to have some people to run some ideas by. Usually she kept her own council about what she would want to perform, but that clearly hadn’t been working for her as of late. She had never felt so uncertain about her prospects and the input of those who’s abilities she respected would only help her.

And for the first time since setting foot in NYADA, she didn’t feel like she was surrounded by nothing but competition. These were people who could possibly help her, offering insights and suggestions that might help her performances. She could offer her own input that might help them.

And she wanted to help them. Kurt was her dearest friend, and she genuinely wanted to see him do well. But she was surprised that she also wanted to see if she could help Analisa and the others. She had so few friends and she did respect these singers. Maybe they could end up being more than cordial classmates and potential rivals for roles.

It had been increasingly clear to Rachel that she needed to make a change in how she approached things and how she treated her peers, and this seemed a perfect place to start.

* * *

Four hours would decide the fate of her students, Cassandra considered as she watched her morning students start their warm up exercises. Even before the testing officially began, it was apparent who had been practicing all along and who was struggling. Some things could be faked by following choreography, but not the foundations of flexibility or a strong core. The students who were able to pull in their abdomens to provide support and the ones who could stretch deeply at the barre stood out strongly from those who couldn’t. The ones who had good balance in their turns were evident, as were the ones whose form was lacking.

After having watched this lot for several months now, she doubted that the critique would change her opinions of her students very much. Those who were putting in the work had been readily apparent all along and she would reward those that she felt could survive the next levels. The rest would wash out. It wasn’t something that a single showing would change, one way or another.

As the piano played, she called out instructions to the students, ordering them to form lines and start showing what skills they’d managed to learn. Cassandra’s smile became shark-like when she considered that the lack of her customary insults and criticisms would likely be disconcerting to the class. It was one thing to get corrections, however harshly delivered, since it was all meant to help those who invested to improve. It was another to know that you were possibly making mistakes and know that while it wasn’t being called out, it was still being seen.

Her eyes narrowed when they fixed on Schwimmer and her patently pathetic attempts. The flaws in her form were obvious. She had limited flexibility and the bending of her spine certainly indicated that her strength was not what it should be after nearly a full year of work. When the order was called out to perform an arabesque, her leg was not raised nearly high or straight enough.

But Cassandra would have to acknowledge that she was trying and giving a lot more effort than she had all semester. Rather than complaining or trying to sneak in breaks for herself, she was throwing herself into the exercises and giving the kind of effort that her teacher had wanted to see all along. It was frustrating to see this kind of a late surge of interest, and a surge borne out only because she had failed to get the starring role she’d sought.

It wasn’t her way to reward bad behavior, and Berry showing newfound investment in her schooling strictly because she didn’t win a part just rubbed the teacher in her the wrong way. Cassandra wanted students who genuinely wanted to learn, and she was seeing nothing more than Berry’s determination to salvage what was left of her chances at NYADA.

When the class began to wind down, she ordered the students back to the barre to start their cool down exercises, and watched as Berry all but stumbled in exhaustion. Her endurance was clearly lacking and Cassandra knew that she had every legitimate reason to fail her outright.

Cassandra jotted down her notes, her observations confirming what she’d expected. There were a few in the group that had potential to become competent dancers and would survive moving on to the intermediate classes, but most were going to have to repeat. It was frustrating to her as a teacher not to have more with natural affinity for dance. Or at least a real desire to learn and not just pass enough to fulfill the course requirements.

She glanced up from her notes, seeing that the group had finished with their cool downs. “That’s it for today,” she said curtly, but lacking her usual sharpness. There was no need for that at this point. “Hit the showers. We’ll finish next session.”

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Berry inhale deeply and step back from the barre. The young girl looked a bit dejected over what she had to know was a poor showing, Cassandra considered. But her demeanor was a little bit different this time around. There wasn’t the sullenness that she usually saw when calling out Berry on her subpar dancing. The set of her jaw implied determination and willingness to muscle through, but not the sense of entitlement that Cassandra was accustomed to seeing from her. Rather than rushing to the showers, happy that the ordeal was over, she paused to try a step or two while she still had access to the room and the mirror. She watched herself, trying to see where she had gone wrong.

Cassandra snorted in distain, thinking to herself that the girl was wasting her time trying to practice at this late stage. But at least Berry was recognizing that she sucked. That was a far cry from her usual “I’ve been in dance classes since I was in diapers” boasting.

The dance teacher watched her for another moment, seeing her making the effort to push herself and knew that she had some thinking to do. She wasn’t going to change her opinion in regards to Berry’s grades, but that didn’t mean that there weren’t some things that needed to be considered.

* * *

The loft, thankfully, was quiet and gave Kurt and Rachel badly needed time to review their classroom notes and work on their presentations for their vocal critiques. With Santana out at work and Adam busy with his own final exams, the pair had some precious hours to get their work done without distraction.

“Have you finalized your songs yet?” she asked, reaching for the bowl of popcorn at her side. Something about all this work was stimulating her appetite in the worst way and she was grateful that she and Kurt had planned to keep some safe snacks within easy reach; otherwise both of them would be paying for it afterwards.

Kurt shook his head, not bothering to hide his exasperation. “Not really. I’ve got a bunch of ideas but I don’t want to give her what she’s already seen from me,” he explained. “She knows that I can sing emotionally and that I can be a showman. I’m not sure what I can do that will really surprise her.”

Rachel just smiled, popping a kernel into her mouth. “You’ve got to show her that you can do both at the same time. An emotional song doesn’t need to be introspective and gentle. Your voice has gotten a lot stronger, so pull out all the stops.”

Kurt considered the idea, his expressive face betraying his concern. “I’m not a huge belter,” he reminded. “I mean, I’m a lot better, but…”

“No,” she corrected insistently. “Kurt, you are one of the best singers that I’ve ever heard in my life. Your voice is beautiful and strong and there is nothing that you can’t sing. Don’t hold back because you think that your technique isn’t as strong as mine, because you know as well as I do that I focus too much on technique. You’ve got tremendous soul when you sing and you need to let that just fly.”

She smiled and took his hand in his, for once being glad to be in the position to be supportive and reassuring. “This whole thing is about us showing who we are as artists, and that is the one thing that I always felt about you. You know who you are as an artist better than anyone I know. Everything you sing is full of emotion and heart and you’ve got the skill now to really show that off.”

Kurt looked up at her, not bothering to hide his uncertainty. “So it’s time to take off the training wheels?” he joked half-heartedly.

“Go big or go home,” she insisted.

Kurt bit his lip and nodded. “I’ve got a few things that I was considering but wasn’t sure if I could pull it off.”

Rachel gave him an encouraging smile. “There is nothing that you can’t pull off. I’ve heard you sing things that have completely blown me away because I would never have expected them to come out of you. It’s time that Madam Tibideaux saw that too.”

“Do you know what you’re singing?” Kurt asked, stealing some of Rachel’s popcorn.

She felt her cheeks warm when she thought about what he might think about her choices and nodded. “I know that my weak spot has been really letting emotion come out while staying in character so that’s what I’m going to focus on. That I can keep my technique and still show my heart.”

Kurt couldn’t help from smiling at his friend. “Now it’ll be your turn to make us cry,” he proposed.

Rachel laughed, cuddling against Kurt and closed her eyes so she could savor his presence while she could. There would come a time when she would not be able to enjoy having him so close by and she wanted him to know that he meant so much to her. He was going to be very surprised when he heard her song choices.

Her phone chimed, indicating that she had just gotten a text message. But it was on the other side of their coffee table and she was reluctant to relinquish her hold on her friend. Reaching out with her bare foot, she managed to nudge it enough that she was able to reach it.

Her eyes widened when she saw the message and handed the phone to Kurt. “I think you’re going to want to see this. It’s from Blaine.”

Kurt snorted. “He’s the last person that I want to see anything from,” he reminded her. Blocking Blaine’s number had saved him a lot of aggravation.

“Oh, this you’re going to want to see.”

Sighing in exasperation, Kurt took the phone and looked at the message on the screen.

You can tell Kurt that I didn’t get in. That should make him happy.

* * *

“I’m not going to lie,” Adam admitted, sipping at his tea as they snuggled on Kurt’s sofa. They had a few hours to catch up with one another in between their final exams and grasped at it eagerly. “That is something of a relief. I’m glad that you’re not going to have to deal with him next year.”

Kurt nodded, not bothering to hide that he was relieved as well. “Well, I talked to Sam after we got the message. He didn’t get into any of his New York schools. But he did get into the music program at UCLA, so he’s going to be all the way on the other side of the country.”

Adam couldn’t help from smiling in contentment. The thought of Kurt’s frustrating ex thousands of miles away definitely made Adam a lot happier.

Kurt didn’t miss the pleased expression on his boyfriend’s face. “You look way too satisfied over this,” he admonished playfully. “That’s not very nice.”

No, it wasn’t, Adam acknowledged to himself. That didn’t mean that he felt badly about it. “I’m not going to feel guilty about him not being in a position to harass you,” he insisted. “Especially when I’m not around to run interference.”

Kurt just shook his head, tempted to scold his boyfriend. But it wasn’t as if he hadn’t thought the exact same things when he’d first heard the news.

“Am I a terrible person for being glad that he didn’t get in?” he asked. “I never thought that I’d take pleasure in someone else’s misfortune.”

Adam cocked his head, gazing down on Kurt thoughtfully. “Darling, you shouldn’t feel guilty about being glad that you’re not going to have him pestering you all the time. You deserve a bit of peace. And after how he treated you, he doesn’t deserve your regrets.”

Kurt couldn’t hold back the soft smile that broke through. His boyfriend’s support never failed to make him feel at ease. “Thank you for the reminder of why I love you,” he said softly, kissing the older man warmly.

Adam smiled back, his blue eyes crinkling. “Any time, love. How are finals going?”

Kurt sighed at the unwanted reminder of what he was in the midst of. “Most of my written exams are done, thankfully. I’ve only got one more,” he mused. “I did my first day of dance and I’m still alive, so there’s that. I’ve got the final day of dance on Thursday and then all day Friday is vocals.”

“I wish that I could be there,” Adam said regretfully. “You know I love watching you perform. It’s highly unfair of your Madam to do it behind closed doors.”

Kurt shrugged. “I’d love to have you there, but I don’t see any way of sneaking you in.”

“I’m just teasing, love. I know this exam is important to you. But they are making video copies, right?”

The younger man nodded. “So I can have it for my portfolio. And with these songs, I’m either going to want to keep them forever or erase every copy I can get my hands on.”

At Adam’s quizzical look, Kurt went on to explain. “I’m doing a few songs that aren’t like anything I’ve ever done before. Things from more modern musicals with rock elements. It’s not exactly what I’m known for.”

Adam pursed his lips as he considered Kurt’s selections. “But you’ve sung rock numbers with us numerous times. It’s not exactly out of your wheelhouse.”

“It’s one thing to do it for fun, but I’ve never doing anything like that for a class assignment. I’ve never been judged on it,” Kurt explained. “I need to show Madam Tibideaux that I’ve grown in my technique and can use the kind of vocal power that someone like Rachel does so easily. And do it while still keeping the emotional soul of the song.”

“Now you make me want to sneak in even more,” Adam teased. “Darling… you are going to be amazing. Because you always are. I have no doubt that you will impress her beyond words.”

Kurt couldn’t help from feeling flattered by his lover’s effuse praise. “Your bias is showing again,” he teased playfully.

Adam laughed brightly, not bothering to hide his affection. “Always and forever,” he promised. He pulled Kurt’s hand up to press a warm kiss to his fingers, earning a deep flush on the younger man’s face.

“But in all seriousness… how are you going to sneak me in so I can see you sing? Because I don’t believe I’d fit into any of Rachel’s dresses,” Adam joked.

“Pity… you’ve got better legs.”

* * *

“All right… first group on the line!” Cassandra called out.

Rachel hurried to take her place, forcing herself not to mentally bemoan that as one of the shortest people in the class, she would be standing in the front where she would be readily seen. There would be no opportunity to hide in the background and hope that her mistakes would be missed. She found her mark and quickly fell into the starting pose for the choreography they were to perform.

It was almost over, she thought thankfully. One last test and her critique would be over. It was all that she could hope that she would have suitably impressed her teacher enough to save herself from a failing grade.

The choreography was a lot more complex than she was usually called up to do, and the rhythm was fast which meant that a single error would put her behind the beat and be nearly impossible to catch up. There was so much to remember, so many steps and turns and it was hard to keep track of what she needed to do at what point. Pirouettes that suddenly stopped and then resumed in the opposite direction. Leaps that would send her to the floor and then a roll to bring her up to her knees. Lunges into tilts that she strained to hold position on.

Hitch kicks lead into pique turns, then a pas de chat. It was like Ms. July was squeezing every possible dance move into a single piece, yet somehow it came out as coherent choreography. Rachel tried to keep her turnout in mind, knowing that how she did the moves was as important as what she did.

All the while, Ms. July watched the group’s every move critically and made her notes.

The music brought them back to their starting places, Rachel finishing in a kneeling position, arching her back. She felt her chest heaving, nearly gasping for breath from the strain of keeping up with the other dancers. She felt her teacher’s sharp eyes moving over them, looking for flaws.

At any other time, there would be harsh criticisms of their forms, or at least one of them being called out for being behind the beat. Instead they had just a few seconds to regain their breath as their teacher checked their forms, and then dismissed them so the next group could perform.

It was the not knowing that was the worst, Rachel thought as she retreated to the other side of the room where she could recover and watch the others. So many of them were clearly struggling and she wasn’t sure if it felt better knowing that she wasn’t alone, or worse in that she might not have been able to improve enough to stand apart in a positive light. Not knowing she had performed bothered her more than anything else.

Once the last group was finished, Ms. July ordered them to the barre. “Do your cool downs and then you can leave,” she ordered curtly, gathering up the notes she’d been making. “You’ll have your grades next week. If you have any questions about how you did, wait until your grades are posted.”

Rachel fought back the impulse to approach her and get an evaluation on the spot, knowing that it would only offend her teacher and probably get her flunked just on principle. She had done everything she could at this point and now it would just be a matter of waiting. She just hoped that it had been enough.

* * *

Kurt arrived to the Round Room an hour before the vocal critiques were scheduled to begin, needing to have a chance to see the space again and center himself. The musicians were busy setting up, preparing to provide accompaniment for the students that would be performing, and the tech team was setting up the cameras for recording. The room still had an air of grandeur despite the fact that it would be used only for student critiques and there would be no admiring audience. But the acoustics would be fantastic.

He had only been in this room once before, the night of the Winter Showcase. That night he’d been caught totally unprepared when Madam Tibideaux publicly challenged him to prove that he deserved the place at NYADA that he aspired to. He must have given her what she’s been looking for and what he hadn’t shown before since he was now standing in that same room, preparing to be judged again.

This time, he wasn’t at all anxious. He had proven that he had what it took to be there and found himself being challenged and nurtured in a way that he’d never experienced before. This wasn’t an exercise designed to cut him down the way he’d been so many times before. There would be criticism to be sure, but it was to see how much he’d progressed and what he needed to focus on in the future.

Despite the fact that he’d be singing material unlike he’d ever dared take on before, he felt none of the pre-performance jitters that he’d felt in the past. Instead he was rather excited about the prospect. Kurt thought that he’d picked songs that would show how much his voice had improved over the past few months and that he had evolved as a performer. That he had undiscovered depths that he was just beginning to display.

His choice of outfits for the critique surprised Rachel because it looked on the surface as if he hadn’t put any thought into it at all. But he’d in truth selected the cream colored Henley and dark wash jeans with considerable care. It would fit each of the songs he’d chosen and let the evolution of his character shine through. Around his neck, he wore one of Adam’s necklaces; placed there by his boyfriend for luck.

While things were still quiet, he took a moment to walk across the stage and get a feel for it. Facing the chairs arranged about the room, Kurt considered that the last time he’d sung in this room, the chairs were filled with NYADA alumni and theater luminaries. Today it would just be his teacher and his classmates. Piece of cake, he thought.

As the other students slowly began to file in, taking their seats and making their own mental preparations, Kurt felt that he could relax. He was looking forward to showing what he was able to do and share this with his friends and peers.

Rachel took a seat next to Kurt and looked lovely in a pale blue dress that lent her a softer, more ethereal presence than she’d been adopting the past few months. She looked to him, the smile on her face tender and seeming to express a sense of peace that Kurt could never remember seeing from her before. Now that it seemed that Rachel had finally stop constantly trying to defend her self-imagined sense of superiority all the time, she seemed far more at ease with herself than Kurt could remember her being in a very long time.

“Are you okay?” he asked softly, not wanting to draw attention to them.

She just smiled and nodded. “I really am,” she insisted gently. “I’m kind of looking forward to this.”

“Me too,” he admitted without a trace of uncertainty. He took her hand in his, giving her a reassuring squeeze.

He felt her slide closer to him, enough so that she could rest her head on his shoulder. “I know that a lot of things haven’t turned out quite the way we planned,” she admitted. “But there is absolutely no one that I’d rather be doing this with than you.”

Kurt felt his chest tighten at her softly spoken admission, seeing again why he loved his friend so much. And despite all their drama of the past year, he thought that they’d finally reached a good place.

When Madam Tibideaux arrived, the entire class had assembled and taken their seats and the musicians were finishing their tune ups. She looked resplendent in her red and gold brocade robes as she took her place before them, the patterns bringing to Kurt’s mind the burning plumage of a phoenix. He wondered if that was a good omen for them.

“Good morning all,” she greeted cordially, the expression on her normally stern face surprisingly relaxed given the occasion. “And welcome to your spring critique. When you all first arrived at NYADA, you came with certain gifts and certain weaknesses. Over the past months, we’ve explored your abilities and challenged you. What I hope to see today is the summation of your development.

“Before you sing, I would like to hear what your time at NYADA has meant for you and how it influenced your material and your artistic choices. As I explained previously, you will be judged on all aspects of your performance and if it shows your overall development. So good luck to you all, and I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ve chosen to show me.”

She took her seat before the stage and opened her notebook so she could make her notes. Without further ado, the first of them was called to the stage.

Kurt tried to give his classmates the attention that they deserved, wanting to see what they had come up with. Madam Tibideaux was calling them in alphabetical order, so Rachel would be going up shortly. He reached over to give her hand another reassuring squeeze, wanting her to know that he was there for her. Her small hand squeezed, letting him know that his unspoken message had been received and reciprocated.

Once the first student had finished to his classmates’ enthusiastic applause, Madam Tibideaux nodded her approval and called for the next student to take the stage.

“Ms. Berry… if you’re ready.”

Rachel’s eyes flickered to Kurt, seeing his encouraging smile and took a deep steadying breath. Giving his hand another squeeze, she rose to her feet and stepped confidently to the stage where she faced her teacher.

“Thank you, Madam,” she said sincerely. She looked to her teacher, who was looking at her expectantly. There were so many things that she wanted to say, to try to explain what had been cycling in her head the past few weeks. So much had changed for her and it was hard to put it to words.

“To be honest, my time here at NYADA hasn’t turned out the way I’d expected,” she admitted. “I took a lot of things for granted and made mistakes. And it’s not exactly a secret that I’ve had my disappointments. But I want to think that I’m going to be a better performer because of that. That maybe I can open up more, and find something more than just my voice to show.

“The songs I’ve chosen are about my journey here. I hope that they reflect both the person that I was and who I hope to be.”

She turned to nod at the musicians, cuing them to start and a bright flute began the overture. Rachel was sure that the piece was readily recognizable to her classmates, and they might be surprised by her choice. If there was a character from this musical that she was expected to gravitate towards, they probably expected it to be Laurey Williams.

“It ain't so much a question of not knowin' what to do,” Rachel began, her voice taking on a slight twang. “I've know'd what's right and wrong since I've been ten! I've heard a lot of stories, and I reckon they are true. About how girls are put upon by men.”

“I know I mustn't fall into the pit. But when I'm with a feller.....I furgit!”

It had been hard for her to admit her mistakes, because she should have known better. But it had been so easy for her to be lead astray. Whether because someone was flattering her, or her own ego getting in the way. Ado Annie seemed to speak to that part of her and made picking this song uncomfortably easy.

“I'm just a girl who can’t say no,” she sang as the tempo picked up. She looked at her audience with a perplexed expression, hoping that she could find the answers here. “I'm in a terrible fix! I always say ‘come on, let's go’! Just when I oughta say nix!”

How true that was for her, she realized. That had been a hard admission to realize. How often she did what she knew was detrimental to herself and her goals, all because she hadn’t been able to control her impulses.

She stepped across the stage, her skirt swirling about her legs as she moved. “When a person tries to kiss a girl, I know she oughta give his face a smack.” She raised her hand and pretended to hit her unseen suitor, but then seemed to wilt as her determination waned. “But as soon as someone kisses me, I somehow, sorta, wanta kiss him back!”

She could see a few smiles coming from her classmates, and there was a chuckle here and there. She gave a dramatic huff and shook her head, taking of a self-deprecating demeanor that felt surprisingly honest.

“I'm just a fool when lights are low,” Rachel trilled, admitting to her flaws and failings. It felt surprisingly freeing to having those flaws acknowledged by those around her, but not judged. “I can’t be prissy and quaint. I ain't the type that can faint. How can I be what I ain't? I can’t say no!”

She stamped her foot, taking ownership of her flaws. She knew that she could be flighty and distracted, and then so painfully single-minded that she missed the important details.

“Whatcha gonna to do when a feller gets flirty, and starts to talk purty?” she asked her audience, pretending that they were Laurey in the scene with her. “Whatcha gonna do? Sposin’ that he says that your lips are like cherries, or roses, or berries? Whatcha goin' to do?

“Sposin' that he says that you're sweeter 'n cream, and he's gotta have cream or die? Whatcha goin' to do when he talks that way? Spit in his eye?”

She thought back to those two jerks that had latched onto her after the Winter Showcase and then abandoned her after Midnight Madness. She had let them use her, attached herself to her coattails in an attempt to elevate themselves and shut out her best friend in the process. She had fallen so easily to their empty flattery and it put her in a terrible hole that she was still digging herself out of.

“I'm just a girl who can’t say no. Kissin's my favorite food,” she acknowledged, drawing herself up with determination. Now that she knew her flaws, she could guard against the damage they could do. “With or without the mistletoe, I’m in a holiday mood. Other girls are coy and hard to catch, but other girls ain’t havin’ any fun. Every time I lose a wrestling match, I have a funny feeling that I won.”

That was the most surprising thing for her and the oddest discovery. She’d been crushed by the disappointments of the past months, but found it strangely freeing. She found herself letting go of a lot of what she expected… no, demanded for herself and was now able to embrace what life threw at her.

“Though I can feel the undertone, I never make a complaint,” she acknowledged ruefully, thinking about Annie’s mistakes. How she kept chasing after the wrong man while missing that the perfect man had been right under her nose the entire time. She was more like Annie than she would ever have believed. “Till it’s too late for restraint. Then when I want to, I can’t! I can’t say no!”

She finished with a stamp of her foot and a shake of her hair. She wasn’t going to apologize for being a flawed human being who just wanted too much. Not when she wanted to be a kinder, more thoughtful person in the end.

Her eyes flickered to Kurt, who was grinning widely at her performance and gave her a subtle thumbs up. She paused for a second to regroup as the music shifted, the bright tones shifted to something much softer and more somber. Her goal with her second song was to be a recognition of her mistakes and what they’d cost her.

“Isn’t it rich?” Rachel voice was soft, drifting on the gentle notes of the flute and piano accompanying her. She’s remembered that Kurt loved her voice best during her more gentle performances, and it wasn’t as if Madam Tibideaux didn’t already know that she had tremendous vocal power at her disposal. She wanted to give a more heartfelt performance and show another side of herself.

“Are we a pair? Me here, at last, on the ground. You in mid-air. Send in the clowns.”

Kurt would never know how much Rachel looked up to him. To his strength and dignity and how he overcame hardship. She so often was ready to crumble at the least setback and sometimes felt shamed when comparing herself to Kurt’s example.

“Isn’t it bliss?” Rachel asked, her eyes softening when she thought about just how blessed she had been and didn’t appreciate. “Don’t you approve? One who keeps tearing around. One who can’t move. Where are the clowns? Send in the clowns.”

This song was dangerous for her, because it had been covered so many times, and by some of her favorite idols. Copying them even a little bit would ruin what she was trying to accomplish. She remembered what she had been told. She couldn’t be Judy or Barbra or any of the others. She had to be Rachel.

She felt her vision waver as she blinked back tears that had welled up unbidden. She felt so vulnerable there, bearing her soul in a way that she’d always been afraid to.

“Just when I’d stopped opening doors. Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,” she sang, keeping her tone bright and pure and avoiding the vocal tricks she’d often employed to show emotion. “Making my entrance again with my usual flair. Sure of my lines. No one is there.”

The character from A Light Night Music was an actress who could hide behind artifice, but here she was laying her heart out for the man that she loved. Rachel felt herself doing the same, wanting her audience to see all of her frailties and hopes and fears.

“Don’t you love farce?” she asked plaintively. “My fault, I fear. I thought that you’d want what I want. Sorry, my dear.

“But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Quick! Send in the clowns.”

One of the criticisms that had been hard for her to hear was her habit of hiding herself as a performer by mimicking her idols. Putting herself out there, with a song so well known and so often covered and making it her own was a self-imposed challenge that she needed to do.

She couldn’t help from glancing at Madam Tibideaux, who was watching her closely. Her expression was coolly intent as she watched her student, betraying nothing of her thoughts. The only time the dean looked away was to make her notes.

Rachel sighed, as the song began to glide to its conclusion, where her character faced heartbreak and disappointment. She’d had her heart broken several times in the past months. With Finn, who she now saw as being so very wise in ending things. With Funny Girl, where she now recognized just how unprepared and arrogant she had been. And with NYADA, where her view of herself had been challenged and broken.

“What a surprise. Who could foresee?” Rachel sang, keeping her voice restrained to show the heartbreak that her character was feeling. “I’d come to feel about you what you felt about me. Why only now, when I see that you’ve drifted away? What a surprise. What a cliché.”

Rachel wrapped her arms about herself, as if trying to comfort herself because the one that she wanted to comfort her wouldn’t. Her lower lip trembled and she fought to keep her voice steady.

“Isn’t it right? Isn’t it queer?” she asked. “Losing my timing this late in my career. And where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns.

“Don’t bother… they’re here,” she breathed, feeling a tear escaping her eye.

She could hear the applause of her classmates who seemed genuinely moved by what she had shown them. Her gaze flew to the one whose opinion meant the most to her, even beyond Madam Tibideaux’s. Kurt’s eyes were shimmering and there was a familiar tightness to his mouth that betrayed his efforts to keep his own emotions in check.

Rachel offered him a soft smile as the music for her final song began to fill the room. His lips twitched when he recognized the piece and he saw Rachel’s demeanor shift again, from regretful to wistful.

“There’s a saying old, says that love is blind.” Rachel’s voice soared softly, elegant in its restraint and gentle in its power. “Still we’re often told, seek and ye shall find. So I’m going to seek a certain lad I’ve had in mind.”

She smiled warmly at Kurt, marveling that despite everything that they’d both been through that he was still there for her.

“Looking everywhere, haven’t found him yet,” Rachel crooned, letting her love for her friend shine through. “He’s the big affair I cannot forget. Only man I ever think of with regret.”

She had regrets when it came to Kurt. He had stood by her side and supported her well past the point that any rational person would have reached their limits. Rachel knew that she hadn’t treated him well, often taking his care for granted and not showing him the kind of love that he had shown her.

“I’d like to add his initial to my monogram,” Rachel sang dreamily. “Tell me where s the shepherd for this lost lamb?”

She looked to her friend, the expression on her face one of love and longing. “There’s a somebody that I’m longing to see. I hope that he turns out to be someone who’ll watch over me.”

Rachel closed her eyes and held out her arms, as if dreaming of her future love. But the true focus of her love was sitting right there and she very much wanted him to know just how much he meant to her. Rachel knew without a doubt that if she were a man or if Kurt were straight, that they probably would be engaged by now since there was no one who understood her better. Who she was and what she really needed, not just what she wanted.

“I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the wood. I know I could, always be good,” she promised, thinking of all the times she’d fallen short. The numerous times when she’d abused their friendship and not shown her appreciation for all that he did. That Kurt continued to forgive her spoke more about him than it did about her. “To the one who’ll watch over me.

“Although he may not be the man some girls think as handsome,” Rachel sang longingly, thinking how absurd that was. Kurt was beautiful and strong and so worthy of love and admiration. “To my heart he carries the key.

“Won’t you tell me, please put on some speed? Follow my lead. Oh, how I need someone to watch over me.”

And that was what it all boiled down to. There was no one who had supported her the way Kurt did. Who had stood by her and wanted her to be happy. He was the one person who wasn’t afraid to tell her when she was wrong and still love her despite everything. Their lives would move on and they would have other people moving in and out, but she doubted that there was any friend or lover that would love and look out for her the way Kurt did.

The music began to soften as the song drew to a gentle close and Rachel hoped that her friend realized that she was singing to him. “Won’t you tell me, please put on some speed? Follow my lead. Oh, how I need someone to watch over me.

“Someone to watch over me!”

Her classmates applauded her and cheered enthusiastically and a few of them had even gotten to their feet. Kurt’s eyes were shining as he clapped, his love for her apparent and for the first time Rachel realized that she had found her soulmate. The one who would stand at her side through all things.

No matter what happened after today, for Rachel that meant everything.

Madam Tibideaux made no indication whether or not she found Rachel’s performance acceptable and as she had done or the previous performers, merely waited for the class to settle before calling the next student to take the stage.

Rachel stepped off the stage and fell into Kurt’s arms, feeling his breath against her cheek as he held her close. Those surprisingly strong arms about her grounded her, provided her center of her universe. She squeezed him tight, wanting to assure her friend that what she’d just expressed was true and not just for her performance.

They settled in their seats, forcing themselves to regain control of their emotions and turn their attention to their classmates. They would talk more about what Rachel had done but for now, they had their peers who deserved their focus.

Kurt watched intently, giving his classmates the respect that they deserved and genuinely enjoying their efforts. He felt honored to be among this insanely talented group and as his turn approached. Once again, he marveled at his lack of nervousness, thinking that with such a high stakes critique on the line that he should be at least a little apprehensive.

“Mr. Hummel?” Madam Tibideaux called out. “If you please?”

By now the class had relaxed and there were encouraging cheers from his classmates as he stepped to the center of the stage. He took a steadying breath and looked about the room, seeing the expectant and encouraging faces and then the cool, dispassionate expression on Madam Tibideaux.

“Thank you, Madam,” he said calmly. “The past few months have been interesting, to say the very least. I came into NYADA wanting very much to be a performer, but I didn’t know if I’d be able to. I always thought that no one would take me seriously. My time at NYADA have started to show me that a lot of the limits that I thought I had no choice about accepting were self-imposed more than anything else.”

He pursed his mouth, thinking of what he’d learned about himself since coming to New York. “The most important thing I’ve learned is that this is what I want to do with my life. What I’m meant to do. And I want to thank everyone here for helping me see that.”

He saw Rachel’s eyes tear and her loving smile and knew that he could do this. He took a breath and nodded to the musicians to start. The piano started the bright, gentle tune and Kurt closed eyes.

“My days are brighter than morning air. Evergreen pine and autumn blue. But all my days are twice as fair, if I could share my days with you.”

Kurt’s voice rode the music that seemed to drift about him, lifting sweetly. He’d always loved the innocent sweetness of this song, as perfect a portrayal of first love as he could imagine. Where everything was possible and there was no darkness in the world.

He opened his eyes and held out his arms, as if to embrace everyone watching him. “My nights are warmer than fire coals. Incense and stars and smoke bamboo. But nights were warm beyond compare, if I could share my nights with you.”

His voice began to soar, secure and confident in his ability to hold the notes as they rose on the air. He felt his body moving, as if trying to follow the notes before they drifted out of reach.

“To dance in my dreams,” he sang, the smile on his face one of pure wonderment. Kurt had so many things in his life that gave him happiness, but there was nothing outside of his friends and loved ones that gave him nearly as much joy as he felt at that instant. “To shine when I need the sun. With you… to hold me when dreams are done!”

His voice leapt to hit that high note, jumping nearly a full octave without the slightest pause. His smile was dazzling as he spun about like a child.

“And oh....” His voice continued to rise, sliding easily into his upper range and ringing out pure and sweet. “My dearest love… If you will take my love, then all my dreams are truly begun.”

His voice slipped effortlessly back to his middle range, pouring the love of what he was doing into his voice. “And time weaves ribbons of memory. To sweeten life when youth is through. But I would need no memories there.”

He looked at his classmates and his teacher, grateful that he had the chance to share this with them. And hovering in the back of the room, he caught a glimpse of tousled blond curls and a wide smile directed at him.

He was going to kill Adam for sneaking in, but only after kissing the life out of him.

“If I could share my life with you.”

He could hear the applause of his classmates, knowing that he had shown them the very best example of what they already knew he could do. Now he was ready to switch things up. The music shifted, soft piano and flute giving way to guitar and drums.

“I am what you want me to be,” Kurt stated, infusing his voice with a subtle measure of iron grit. “And I’m your worst fear you’ll find in me.

“Come closer,” he beckoned wickedly, crooking his finger at his audience. He was daring them. “Come closer.

“I am more than memory, I am what might be, I am mystery. You know me. So show me.”

Kurt began to slink across the stage, a dangerous presence that challenged his classmates to follow him. “When I appear it's not so clear if I'm a simple spirit or I'm flesh and blood.

“But I'm alive, I'm alive, I am so alive. And I feed on the fear that's behind your eyes. And I need you to need me it's no surprise. I'm alive! So alive! I'm alive.”

Kurt expertly balanced power and subtly as he built up his character that was a bit different than Gabe was portrayed in the show. Gabe could be destructive and even malevolent, but Kurt was elemental. A force like wind or lightning that could be beautiful or destructive. The beautiful notes emerging from his throat not quite concealing the menace in his words.

“I am flame and I am fire, I am destruction, decay, and desire,” Kurt growled as he paced the stage like a caged animal. “I'll hurt you. I'll heal you.

“I'm your wish, your dream come true,” he proclaimed like a young god, holding out his arms to beckon his audience in. “And I am your darkest nightmare too. I've shown you. I own you.”

He felt his body surging, feeling free as his voice filled the room, sure and powerful. “And though you made me you can't change me,” he warned, letting the darkness color his words. “I'm a perfect stranger who knows you too well.”

The shift from innocent love to something dark and obsessive was something that he’d seen and experienced before. He’d seen Blaine turn on him, going out of his way to deliberately hurt the one he professed to love. He’d seen Rachel roll mindlessly over those that were close to her because they stood in the way of what she wanted. Love could so easily curdle if it became all about what you needed and you lost sight of what your partner needed as well.

“I'm alive, I'm alive, I am so alive,” Kurt sang, his voice soaring with power. “And I'll tell you the truth if you let me try. You're alive, I'm alive, and I'll show you why. I'm alive. So alive! I'm alive!”

His voice began to rise with the song, building and soaring as the song built. He found the power to lead the melody, showing no hint of strain or hesitation.

“I'm right behind you,” he warned dangerously, glaring with a nearly unholy blaze in his eyes. “You say, ‘Forget,’ but I'll remind you. You can try to hide, you know that I will find you. 'Cause if you won't grieve me, you won't leave me behind!”

Damn, he thought absently as his voice absolutely filled the room, the note long and steady. That sounded good.

“Oh, oh, whoa, whoa... No, no, no! I'm alive, I'm alive, I am so alive!” Kurt leapt, as if the spirit within him was too powerful to be contained by weak flesh. “If you climb on my back, then we both can fly. If you try to deny me I'll never die.

“I'm alive! So alive! I'm alive!Yeah, yeah…I'm alive! I'm alive! I'm alive!”

Kurt came to a stop right before Madam Tibideaux, demanding her attention and regard. He could feel the sweat on his face, and the cheers of his classmates. He hoped that he’d surprised them with the nearly animalistic display that he’d never had the confidence to try before.

The music shifted again and the melody for his final song began. This was one that he thought would surprise everyone most. He’d shown them heart and he’d shown them power. Now he would blend both together in a way that would show his voice at its best potential. He felt amazing, nearly buzzing with energy but he needed to pull it back for the last song. He’d worked hard on this arrangement and thought it would suit the song well.

The only instrument accompanying him was a gently played guitar, and Kurt closed his eyes to center himself. Balancing the power that he wanted to show with a delicate touch. The lack of any musical accompaniment besides the gentle guitar would put his voice front and center, with nowhere to hide. There were no vocal tricks that would mask mistakes or flaws. He would be vocally naked.

“One song glory, one song before I go,” he started softly; the words a prayer to an uncaring deity who’d thus far ignored previous pleas. “Glory, one song to leave behind.

“Find one song, one last refrain. Glory, from the pretty boy front man… who wasted opportunity.”

He normally identified with Mark from RENT, but in exploring this song Kurt realized that he had just as much in common with Roger. A man with tremendous talent who’s ambitions never seemed to be realized. To hope for one chance to leave his mark on the world before his inevitable death.

“One song, he had the world at his feet,” Kurt sang, infusing the heartbreak over Roger’s situation. “Glory, in the eyes of a young girl. A young girl.”

Kurt rarely spoke to anyone about his darkest fears. That no matter what he did, that he would fail to accomplish anything with his life. That he would never find success; that he when he passed no one would even know that he’d existed. His feared that his talent would not be enough, because he was too unique. Too strange. Too gay.

“Find glory. Beyond the cheap colored lights.” His voice became stronger, telling the story of a man who feared that his time was rapidly running out. “One song, before the sun sets. Glory, on another empty life.

“Time flies! Time dies!” Kurt gave this song everything he had within him. There was power, but also heartbreak. The song didn’t make use of his range, but he didn’t need high notes to show what his voice was capable of. Or what he had within him.

“Glory, one blaze of glory! One blaze of glory! Glory!”

Kurt looked to his audience, feeding of their reactions. Rachel’s mouth was slightly open in shock, her dark eyes shimmering. Analisa was watching intently, leaning forward least she miss a single note. Jamie was nodding proudly, happy to see someone that he respected in his element, while Katya was wiping at her eyes.

Adam merely smiled, not bothering to wipe away the tears that streamed down his face.

Kurt reined back his voice from its soaring heights, showing the power in quiet softness. “Find glory in a song that rings true. Truth like a blazing fire, an eternal flame. Find, one song, a song about love. Glory, from the soul of a young man.”

Kurt had felt love before and been hurt by it. Losing Blaine had crushed him and it had taken a long time for him to find his strength again but he moved past that hurt. If he lost Adam, he’d be hurt beyond measure but he knew that he could survive. But if he could not perform… if he could no longer sing or act, his life would no longer have meaning. Then he might as well fade away, because there would be no further reason for living.

Death might be inevitable, but everyone wanted to leave something behind to mark their time on Earth. For Kurt that was a song or a performance that people would look back upon to remember him by.

“A young man, find the one song. Before the virus takes hold,” Kurt breathed, feeling Roger’s fear viscerally. There wasn’t a gay man born since the Eighties that didn’t have that mortal fear of how an act of love and passion that could lead to death. “Glory, like a sunset. One song to redeem this empty life.”

Kurt was determined that his life would not be a meaningless one. He might not have Rachel’s single-minded focus, but he was just as ambitious. He would not fade into the darkness without his light blazing first.

“Time flies!” His voice was a defiant cry against death and emptiness. “And then no need to endure anymore! Time dies!”

He felt his body slump, having given everything he had within him. The last time he was applauded in this room, he’d been taken completely by surprise, not having expected to be rewarded when he’d never been so before. This time, he knew that it was deserved.

He wasn’t expecting a response from his teacher, so he wasn’t disappointed to see her making her notes and giving no sign if she was pleased. It was the applause of his peers that satisfied him. Rachel was on her feet, clapping so loudly that her hands would be hurting her in the morning. Analisa and the others were cheering him on, happily celebrating his accomplishment.

And the man that he loved, who stood unobtrusively in the back of the room… the light shining in Adam’s eyes told him everything he needed to know.

There was a strange buzzing in his had as Kurt took his seat, riding on the high of his performance. In the background, he could feel Rachel’s arms wrap around him and the pats on his shoulders from his classmates. He inhaled deeply, trying to regain his composure and focus on the next student called to stage.

When he glanced to the back of the room, Adam was gone, having quietly left so he wouldn’t distract from the other performances. Kurt couldn’t help from smiling, knowing that he would see Adam when they were done. In the meantime, he owed his classmates his attention.

It was late afternoon by the time the last student was finished and everyone was fairly well exhausted. Madam Tibideaux stood from her seat and gathered her notes under her arm as she looked over her students.

“I want to thank you all,” she proclaimed with her customary stateliness. “Not just for your work today, but for all your effort the past months. You’ll be getting your final grades and your written critiques next Friday. If you have any questions, please contact my secretary to schedule a meeting.”

For the first time all day, she allowed a smile to grace her features. “It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with you all. I hope that you have a wonderful summer and to see you next semester.

“So without further ado… class dismissed.”

The students gave a collective sigh of relief that it was finally over. Once their august teacher had left the room, they gathered to hug one another, congratulating themselves for their hard work and having managed to survive.

Kurt kept his arm about Rachel as they took a few minutes to chat with their classmates, making sure to have one another’s contact information and making tentative plans to get together before they dispersed for summer jobs and trips home. There were hugs and a few tears before they started to drift their separate ways.

He looked down at his best friend, so proud of what she’d just done. “You were amazing,” he praised wholeheartedly, hugging her tight. “I’ve never heard you sing like that.”

Rachel blushed furiously at his praise. “What about you?” she demanded. “Oh my god… you were tremendous! I could totally see you playing Gabe. I had shivers running down my spine the entire time. And your take on the RENT song…”

She gave him a playful nudge. “You made me cry! Again!”

Kurt couldn’t help from laughing. “You were so fantastic” he praised, looking down at her face. She looked absolutely radiant. “I saw you up there. You didn’t just use your power and your voice was incredible.”

“I remembered what you told me,” she admitted. “And what they told me after my callback. I spent so much time trying to be the next Barbra that I forgot about trying to be the best Rachel.”

“Well, the best Rachel is pretty spectacular,” Kurt assured her. He couldn’t help from hugging her again. “I am so proud of you.”

She sniffled, fighting back happy tears. “I don’t think I can say how amazing you were. You were beautiful and powerful and I just loved every second of it. I knew that you had that in you.”

Kurt was reluctant to release her so they could gather their things and leave the room. He couldn’t resist one last glance about the space, feeling a lot of confidence that this wasn’t his last time performing there.

He and Rachel still had their arms about one another as they walked out of the Round Room, laughing and unable to stop praising one another. They were still riding on the buzz of their performances when a cool accented voice called out to them.

“Hey superstars,” Adam greeted cheerfully. “That was a hell of a show.”

Kurt released his grip on Rachel and flung himself into his boyfriend’s arms. The older man looked down at him lovingly, his hands trailing down Kurt’s back to hold him close.

“I can’t believe you snuck in,” Kurt reprimanded gently. “You could have gotten into trouble.”

“No, I wouldn’t have,” Adam insisted, his blue eyes twinkling mischievously. “Because I asked your Madam if she would very much mind of I peeked in to watch. I told her how sad I would be to miss you singing since I was graduating and wouldn’t have much chance to see you next year.”

He gave Kurt a coy smile. “I don’t know why you say she’s so fearsome, because she’s really a rather soft touch. Oh, she huffed a little bit but told me that if I wasn’t intrusive, I could watch. There was no way that I was going to miss this.”

“You really did that… just to see us,” Kurt marveled. To have someone go out of their way just to see him perform, however biased Adam’s opinion might be of Kurt’s talents, was a heady and novel experience.

��I’m glad I did,” Adam insisted. “Because I would have regretted missing that for the rest of my life.”

He looked down at his lover, the expression on his face full of wonderment. “I’ve thought that I’ve seen you at your best before, but you always manage to surprise me. That was… that was absolutely stunning.”

Kurt couldn’t help from kissing Adam, because it would have been perilously easy to lose his composure right then and there.

The Englishman turned to Rachel who was watching them in amusement. “You were wonderful too, Rachel,” he insisted. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you perform with that kind of emotion. It was absolutely glorious.”

She couldn’t help from smiling, knowing that Kurt’s boyfriend wasn’t inclined towards empty flattery. “Thanks,” she said sincerely. “I took a cue from my partner in crime here.”

Adam nodded approvingly, glad to see that Rachel opening herself up a bit. “Well, I think this deserves a bit of celebrating,” he proclaimed. He gathered Kurt under one arm and held out his other for Rachel to nestle in. “I think that dinner and a few drinks is in order. Because you two, my darlings, were spectacular.”

Kurt laughed and let Adam guide them out of the building. With their finals and critiques nearly finished, the school year was all but over. In a few days, they’d be done and looking forward to the summer. It felt like the world was wide open to them now and Kurt was ready to rush forward to meet it.

Rachel's critique solos: I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No - Oklahoma Send In The Clowns - A Little Night Music Someone To Watch Over Me - Oh, Kay!

Kurt's critique solos: With You - Pippin I'm Alive - Next to Normal One Song Glory - RENT

[keywestlou]

KEY WEST PROTESTS TONIGHT

So many protests. Are they organized?

Seem to be.

First the major cities. All beginning the same day. Last night, smaller communities. Tonight, the smallest of communities.

For the most part calm. When intended to be disruptive, fires, looting, bashing police cars, throwing pieces of concrete, throwing bricks, etc.

Last night was upstate New York’s opportunity to protest. Why did they not protest before? Why all on the same night?

Adds to my sense of someone behind the protests. The organizing portion. Would like to know. Interested whether good seriously intended or bad guys involved.

The protests went across upstate New York. From Buffalo to Albany. Followed the New York State Thruway. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica and Albany.

Buffalo had similar problems to those which occurred at the big city demonstrations. The other communities not so bad.

Governor Cuomo had earlier in the day sent a contingency of New York State Troopers to each of the cities.

Utica is my home town. Perhaps the calmest protest last night.

I checked it out on the internet. Photos. A huge crowd for a community of 50,000. No one raising hell. Speakers, signs and flags. An article written about the protest itself found it to be peaceful with none of the big city carnage.

Tonight may be the evening selected for the tiniest of communities. It is Key West’s turn. Key West’s time to protest.

Those protesting will meet at 6 pm at the pool in Bahama Village in the Martin Luther King Park.

The protest is labeled as one “against police brutality.”

Chairing the event is Clayton Lopez.  A community leader. Well respected for many years. A black man.

Bahama Village is considered Key West’s colored neighborhood. Not so much any more, however. Petronia Street runs right through Bahama Village. Petronia has grown commercially in recent years. Some of the finest restaurants and boutique stores.

“We got bricks!” The cry of certain protesters as they wandered the streets of the major cities. Protesters who came to complain, not do harm to person or property. Upon discovering the bricks lying in orderly fashion, the “why not” entered into the minds of some and they were off tossing them at store windows to begin.

The bricks raise the “organized” argument in my mind again. The bricks are delivered prior to a protest. Left well stacked in strategic locations on streets near high end shops. Delivered by “outsiders.”

After watching most of the protests, I have concluded the protests have a symbol. A burning police car.

I came across a terrible joke. However, it fits what has been going on: “How many cops does it take to throw a protester down a flight of stairs? None. He fell…..”

In the 3 1/2 years Trump has been President, I have developed a feeling which has grown with the passage of time. Trump has moved us closer to becoming a banana republic. In certain instances, we may have already arrived.

Visualize how governments change in banana republics. The “dictator” sitting in his office. Revolutionaries at the palace gates. They overcome the army/police. Break down the gates and enter the palace. Hundreds of them. They run to El Presidente’s office.

The end of El Presidente.

A similar situation could occur in the U.S. Could have occurred this past friday night.

A huge crowd demonstrating before the White House. Certain barriers were going down. Secret Service concerned.

Trump was taken briefly to the underground bunker in the White. The President, Melania, and Barron. They remained a little less than one hour.

Trump later claimed he felt “safe.” He lashed out at Washington’s Democratic Mayor who he claimed  refused to provide him protection.

Trump also raised the prospect his supporters would gather later in the evening in a place certain as a counter protest. They never showed up.

Trump reiterated again he could not have felt “more safe.”

He also advised dogs and weaponry were waiting inside the gate had the protesters successfully broken in.

Never one to fail in blaming someone else for his problems, Trump blamed Antifa and the “radical left” for the attacks at the White House. No proof was offered in support of his representation, nor for the one he made earlier concerning the Democratic mayor.

Some buildings should remain inviolate. Considered too sacred to suffer abuse.

Not this past weekend.

In addition to attempting to reach the White House, certain protesters set fire to the basement of St. John’s Church. St. John’s is across from the White House. Historically known as the “Church of the Presidents.”

About 2 weeks ago, I described the feelings of the American people as comparable to a “tinderbox.” Ready to explode into fire.

It happened this past week. Fires to buildings, police cars, and even a few persons.

Our children sometimes get into trouble. Could be something we want to kill them for. Or, something that made us proud.

New York City’s Mayor de Blasio has a 25 year old daughter. Chiara.

She was protesting over the weekend and was arrested.

Chiara was charged with unlawful assembly. She was arrested after she and other protesters refused to unblock a Manhattan Street.

Amazing how things work. Drug store chains have been erecting new drug stores like crazy the past few years. Seems the more the better.

CVS for example has several in little Key West.

CVS announced over the weekend it was closing stores in 20 states. Exact number and locations not provided. It was suggested customers contact CVS to see if a particular store was on the to close list.

Feeding America National Food Bank announced that more people are going to go hungry over the next year. The pandemic will leave 54 million with insufficient food. To help, food banks, food stamps and other aid will be required.

The group described what will occur as “food insecurity.”

Added to the insecurity is the increased cost of food. U.S. food prices keep going up. The increases this year described as “historic jumps.” Food cost has “skyrocketed by the most in 46 years.”

Meat and eggs were recently described as the primary items having gone up and would go up even further. Added to the list recently were potatoes and carrots.

This day a big one in Key West. Key West reopens! With some continued restrictions, of course.

The weekend will tell to what extent business will immediately return.

I believe Key West is reopening too early. The coronavirus tragedy is not behind us. Nowhere behind us. I worry that the fine controls exercised by Key West and Monroe County will be for naught 4-6 weeks from now when because of the increased numbers of people more will be infected.

Enjoy your day!

KEY WEST PROTESTS TONIGHT was originally published on Key West Lou

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Moving onto their two children, we're starting with the eldest: Jorge!

Jorge Lopez

Aspiration: Knowledge

Secondary: N/A

LTW: Become Media Magnate (Journalism)

Personality: Aries (5/7/7/3/3)

Turn Ons and Turn Offs: Brown Hair, Creativity; Cologne

Job: High School Student (Teen Job TBD)

Skills: 1/1/2/2/3/0

Bio: Jorge wasn't sure about this move to a new town, but he just hopes that this move will be permanent.

Isabella Lopez

Aspiration: Grow-Up

Secondary: N/A

LTW: N/A

Personality: Sagittarius (5/3/7/10/0)

Job: Elementary School Student

Skills: 1/0/1/0/1/2/0

Bio: Isabella is excited to have moved to Crystal Valley! So many new opportunities, friends to make... it's going to be great!

Creation Notes:

The entire basis for this family? George Lopez's TV show. I'm not even kidding. I was a big fan of it in reruns circa 2011, so naturally I made a reference in-game with Jorge (who back then was simply George). No other plot beats from that show were taken other than the name reference.

While I was recreating them, part of me was like "Oh, I should give them some more cash because they'll need to buy their respective community lots," which I ended up doing. The Lopez family has been running businesses for quite some time now, but have always seemed to move around, hence the note in the family bio and Jorge's bio.

The two community lots, Meals by Lopez and CV Bank and Trust, will be shown off when I start talking about the Pine Road lots. I'll go individually through these two community lots, however, since they're my own builds.

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ALIIFF to screen over 100 Movies from across the world

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ALIIFF to screen over 100 Movies from across the world

The 4th All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) will be held at PVR Cinemas, Inorbit Mall,Hyderabad from Dec 1-4, 2018.

The opening movie of ALIIFF 2018 will be the Iran’s OSCAR Runner of this year’s foreign film category “No Date, No Signature “by Vahid Jalilvand

Hyderabad, November 23, 2018– Indywood Film Carnival, the much anticipated entertainment fiesta of the year, will be held at HITEX Convention Centre from December 1st to 5th 2018. The Carnival is expected to accelerate the growth of Indian Film Industry through materialising big budget movie projects, co-production ventures and B2B meet generating business worth Rs 500 crore.

  The fourth edition of Indywood Film Carnival (IFC 2018), a flagship venture of 10 billion USD Project Indywood, aims to elevate Indian cinema to an international level. IFC 2018 will be one-stop platform for showcasing the latest technology and future possibilities in the entire spectrum of film making, skill development, pre-production, production, technical support, post-production, distribution, marketing and release among others.

All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF)  – the flagship event of Indywood Film Carnival,  will screen over 100 movies from nearly 50 countries. Cinema lovers can expect a grand visual experience with PVR Inorbit Mall set to open its 4 theater screens for the film festival, as they being the Exculsive Multiplex Partner. The films will be screened in top quality screens with the famous PVR service experience offered in full. Around 16 movies will be screened per day and the films will include premiers of National and International Films.

The 4th edition of ALIIFF will see the screening of feature films with a long list of must watch short films and documentaries from across the world. There will be most awaited films from the World Cinema and the movies from this year’s Oscar race too. A tribute segment to the legendary Iranian director Late Mr. Abbas Kiarostami, is another highlight of the festival. Celebrity red carpet walks, exclusive Media Interactions and Q&A sessions with the industry’s leading directors and celebrities will also be held at the venue during the festival.

For more details, please log on to www.aliiff.com

Given below is the list of films that will be screened in the festival’s competition and non competition Sections:

Opening  Movie

No Date, No Signature by Vahid Jalilvand

Iran |2017|104 Mins

International Competition for Feature Films

Pupa  by Indrasis Acharya India | 2018 | 109 Mins

  The Bird Was Not A Bird by Ahmad Zia Arash Afghanistan | 2017 | 90 Mins

  ROBIN by Toby Schmutzler Germany | 2018 | 75 Mins

  The Third Wish by Vit Karas Czech Republic | 2017| 102 Mins

  INDIGO LAKE by MARTIN SIMPSON Australia | 2017 | 92 Mins

  Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva

Russia | 2018 | 77 Mins

  Amir by Nima Eghlima

Iran | 2018 | 106 Mins

  International Competition for Debut  Director’s Films

Octav by Serge Ioan Celebidachi Romania | 2017 | 100 Mins

  Kupal by Kazem Mollaie Iran | 2017 | 81 Mins

  Miracle of Christmas by Eri Tsukimoto Japan | 2018 | 115 Mins

  Aalorukkam  by V C abhilash India | 2017 | 116 Mins

  Delia & Sammy  by Therese Cayaba

Philippines | 2018 | 84 Mins

  Kiko Boksingero by Thop Nazareno

Philippines | 2017 | 79 Mins

  Runaway (Uronchondi) by Abhishek Saha

India | 2018 | 101 Mins

  International Competition for Indywood Panorama

Painting Life by Dr.Bijukumar Damodaran

India | 2018| 145 Mins

  Karim Mohammed by Pawan Kumar Sharma

India | 2017 | 99 Mins

  SINJAR by Sandeep Pampally

India | 2017 | 115 Mins

  Dear Molly by Gajendra Ahire

India | 2018|  91 Mins

TOLET by Chezhiyan Ra

India | 2017|99 Mins

  The Golden Mountain  by Parambrata Chattopadhyay

India | 2018|131 Mins

  International Competition for Short Films

MASHHAD by Shabu Kilithattil

U A E | 2018 | 18 Mins

  Raagasoothram by Sreejith Nampoothiry

India | 2017 | 27 Mins

  The Waiting Place by Karishma Jhalani

India | 2018 | 25 Mins

  The President’s Visit  by Cyril Aris

U S A | 2017 | 19 Mins

  The Gray Line by Saki Farzana

Bangladesh | 2018 | 18 Mins

  Banshi (The Flute) by Kaushik Sengupta

India | 2018 | 20 Mins

  NAGARUM NODIYIL by Raj Eshwar

India | 2018 | 18 Mins

  Let Me Breathe by Donald Roman Lopez

U S A | 2018 | 15 Mins

  The Drainage by Vikrant Ramdas Badarkhe

India | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Quarter by Vishal Shinde

India | 2018 | 22 Mins

  Fhedi  by Anne Alfred

Egypt  | 2018 | 11 Mins

  Sacred Hair by  MARIO MORIN

Canada | 2017 | 13 Mins

  The Domestic Fly by Áron Horváth

Slovenia | 2017 | 10 Mins

  TRACES  by Guichart Cecilia

Luxembourg | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Midnight Run by Remya Raj

India | 2018 | 14 Mins

  Silver Bangles by Roshan Bikram Thakuri

Nepal | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Gaze by Farnoosh Samadi

Italy | 2017 | 14 Mins

  A Gentle Night by QIU Yang

China | 2017 | 15 Mins

  The Son, the Father… by Lukas Hassel

U S A | 2017 | 13 Mins

  Joy by Vladimir Munkuev

Russia | 2018 | 23 Mins

  International Competition for Student Short Films

Rouff  by Markus Eschrich, Johannes Lumer, Benjamin Brand, Julius Rosen, Johannes Engelhardt

Germany | 2017 | 7 Mins

  Mimesis by Rafael Trejo Ortega

Mexico | 2018 | 30 Mins

  The Lie Game by Jyothi Kalyan Sura

U S A | 2018 | 14 Mins

  Behind High Walls by Sherine Sabry, Frank Bartscheck II

Egypt | 2018 | 12 Mins

  Lakshmi  by Shashank Mhasawade

India | 2018 | 27 Mins

  Saad (Calling)  by Kunika Kharat

India | 2017 | 20 Mins

  Hers Truly by Sherine Sabry, Frank Bartscheck II

Egypt | 2018 | 12 Mins

  Breaking Out by Heshvanth Gurukul

India | 2018 | 24 Mins

  Through the looking glass by Rakesh Varma

India | 2018 | 22 Mins

    International Competition for Documentaries

ABDUL and JOSE by Luigi Acquisto

Australia | 2017 | 52 Mins

  The Girl and The Picture by Vanessa Roth

U S A | 2018 | 39 Mins

  The Borrowed Dress by Leen Alfaisal

U A E | 2017 |56 Mins

  The Barre by hyuk-rho LEE

South Korea| 2018 | 47 Mins

  Women and Religion in India  by Disha Arora

India | 2018 | 36 Mins

  Wounded Gold by Mustafa Hadziibrahimovic

Netherlands | 2017 | 50 Mins

  Art and Lega Power by Richard UYER THUMITHO

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2017 |47 Mins

  Out of Competition Category

Children  & Animated Films

Pale white by Gholamreza Jafari

Afghanistan| 2017 | 8 Mins

  Leo Minor by Tai Wedekind

France| 2017 | 8 Mins

  Blows With The Wind by Hazhir As’adi

Iran| 2017 | 7 Mins

  The Fixies: Top Secret  by Vasiko Bedoshvili ,Andrey Kolpin,Ivan Pshonkin

Russia | 2017 | 80 Mins

  Short Film Show case

TYSON by SANJAY BHATIA

India |2018 | 13 Mins

  A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart

U K| 2018 | 12 Mins

  UNDO by CV Ramana

India| 2018| 18 Mins

  The Opaque by Anish Kunnath

Singapore | 2018 | 15 Mins

  THE REHABILITATION (PUNARUTHARANAM ) by NAVARAJ R S

India| 2018 | 11 Mins

  VIGHATANE by Ram Manjjonaath

India | 2018 | 8 Mins

  Chime  by Ram Emani V S Nanda Kishore

India | 2018 | 10 Mins

  World Cinema

The Frozen Fire by Anuruddha Jayasinghe

Sri Lanka| 2018 | 130 Mins

  Memories by Soo Sung Lee

South Korea | 2017 | 96 Mins

  I’Father by Mark Norfolk

Kosovo| 2018 | 91 Mins

  Village Rock star by Rima Das

India | 2017 | 87 Mins

  According to Mathew by Chandran Rutnam

Sri Lanka | 2018 | 120 Mins

  The Road to Sunrise by Charles Shemu Joyah

Malawi | 2017 |145 Mins

  Tribute to  Abbas Kiarostami

  Taste of Cherry  by Abbas Kiarostami

Iran| 1997 | 95 Mins

  Wind will carry us by Abbas Kiarostami

Iran| 1999 | 118 Mins

  Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami

Iran| 2010 | 106 Mins

  Special Screening

Aickarakkonathe Bhishaguaranmaar by Biju Majeed

India| 2018 | 129 Mins

  Firdaws by Mayur Puri

India | 2017 | 17 Mins

  Baba Joom by Yuval Delshad

Israel | 2015 | 91 Mins

  NAWAL THE JEWEL by RENJILAL DAMODARAN

India | 2017 | 121 Mins

  ANDARKAHINI [SELF-EXILE] by Arnab K Middya

India | 2017 | 86 Mins

  Guest Country – Iran

Forbidden by Hassan Yekta Panah

Iran| 2017 | 98 Mins

  Lollipop by Mohammad Hossein Farahbakhsh

Iran | 2016 | 83 Mins

  Privacy by Ahmad Moazzami

Iran | 2017 | 80 Mins

  TIME TO LOVE by Alireza Raissian

Iran | 2015 | 95 Mins

  Locked In by Nadira murray, Pavel shepan

Iran | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Shoor Abad by Arash seyfi

Iran | 2018|15 Mins

  Focus Country – Russia

Hymn to the Great City by Andrei Yehmov

Russia | 2018|49 Mins

  My Name is Makhaz by Inar Narmania

Russia | 2018|14 Mins

  Two Halves (SOUL MATES) by Baybulat Batullin

Russia | 2017|15 Mins

  Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva

Russia | 2018 | 77 Mins

  The Fixies: Top Secret  by Vasiko Bedoshvili , Andrey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin

Russia | 2017 | 80 Mins

  A Hellish Chaos by Sergey Debizhev

Russia | 2017 | 110 Mins

  Joy by Vladimir Munkuev

Russia | 2018 | 23 Mins

  About Indywood

NRI businessman Sohan Roy, Chairman and CEO of UAE based Aries Group of Companies, is the

founder director of 10 billion US dollar Project Indywood which aims to elevate the Indian Film

Industry to global standards in the next five years through a consortium of 2000 Indian

billionaires and corporates. A serial entrepreneur who is consistently featured in Forbes Middle East’s list of Top 50 business owners and a Hollywood filmmaker of Indian origin, Sohan Roy aims to establish 10,000 4K projection multiplex screens, 100,000 2K/4K projection home cinemas, 8K/4K film studios, 100 animation/VFX studios and film schools adhering to international standards through Indywood.

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Reigning supreme

Landlord Clement Ogbonnaya is celebrating one year in business at the Prince of Peckham this week. He tells us how he turned the once beleaguered boozer into a buzzing pub that promises a warm welcome for all  

Words: Emma Finamore; Photo: Lima Charlie 

“For south London, by south London.” It’s a simple statement, but one that means a lot to Clement Ogbonnaya.

Since taking on the Clayton Arms and reopening it as the Prince of Peckham in May last year, Clement has transformed the boarded-up boozer into a busy pub, with south London at its heart.

Having grown up in the area, it’s a place he knows like the back of his hand. He went to school at St Thomas the Apostle College, just a 10-minute walk from the pub we’re sitting in now.  

He was a “kind of geeky” kid (his words) who loved football, and got dragged from shop to shop by his mum on Rye Lane every Saturday. Morley’s was the main hangout on the walk home after school, and Desmond’s was his favourite TV show.

It sounds like a very British, very south London, childhood, but Clement was actually born in Nigeria.

“My parents came in 1986,” he says. “My main memory of first coming here is chips – I remember seeing chips and thinking they were amazing. I remember going to primary school in Brockley, and me and my sister saving money to buy chips.”

Many of his early memories revolve around food, so maybe he was always destined to own a place that serves up great grub. However, his journey to becoming a pub landlord wasn’t straightforward.

First he went to university. “That’s when everything changed for me socially,” he says, “learning about other people, coming from this south-east London bubble and meeting people different to me and the people I grew up with.”

After this he worked in retail for brands such as Armani, where he realised his love of people.

“I just wanted to chat,” he laughs. “I’m a great believer in talking, I’m a massive sponge. You can’t sell to someone if you don’t know them. That’s what I really liked about retail.”

He went on to work as a salesman, learning about the sales cycle, and at a photography studio – during the Myspace and Facebook boom – where he realised the importance of data.

“All this time I knew that roads would lead to something bigger,” he remembers. The experience played a part in his next move: promoting club nights and organising parties.

He would put on events in West End hotspots like Chinawhite, as well as running corporate bashes like New Look’s 40th birthday party, and organising the official after-parties for events at places like the O2.

Then The Westbury – a pub in Wood Green – approached him and asked him to manage it. “By this time I knew I loved venues,” he says.

“I was getting more and more interested in running my own venue. I agreed to take that on in 2012 and it was a pretty steep learning curve. But it was the best education I could have had.”

It was obviously one he enjoyed, too – because his next venture was yet another step up: his own nightclub, Love & Liquor in Maida Vale. “We smashed it,” Clement laughs.

But he’s not kidding: the club was a hit with celebrities like Jay-Z, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, P Diddy and Nelly, as well as regular punters, and the team even managed to bag A-lister Idris Elba for an eight-week DJ residency.  

When Clement and his business partner sold Love & Liquor, he’d already developed the ethos that would help when building his new pub in Peckham. “It’s all about win/win relationships,” he says.

“If the venue wins, everyone wins. My thought process had totally changed. If you’re going to have a venue, it first and foremost needs to work for the community and the residents in its immediate vicinity.”

Next on his colourful CV was managing The Paradise By Way of Kensal Green. “That’s when I really fell in love with pubs,” says Clement.

“All I wanted to do was give it back to the community – we got involved with Carnival and sound systems, we put on community fairs, but all alongside big name DJs on Fridays.

“When I finished there I knew I had to have a pub, and I wanted it to be in south-east London – the community I knew best.”

Walking through Peckham one day, Clement noticed the pub on Clayton Road was up for sale, and started setting the next stage of his career path in motion.

He looked at the original Clayton Arms, which was damaged during the 2011 London riots and sat boarded up until 2015; the short-lived Dead Dolls House, and the equally short-lived reopened Clayton Arms.

He looked at what they got wrong as establishments and what they got right – and used it along with his own business acumen and hospitality experience to build a clear picture of what he wanted and how to do it. “The business plan for this place was the most thorough bit of work I’ve ever done,” he says.

The work paid off, and on March 17, 2017 he took over the building. “I remember thinking, ‘Shit, I’m tied to this place for like, 25 years!’” he laughs. “It’s been like school every day. Every day I come in and learn something new. But I love it. I love my staff, I love the customers… it’s a love affair right now.”

His enthusiasm shines through in the dynamic, eclectic schedule and the food and drink offering the Prince of Peckham now boasts.

Musically, there’s something for everyone, whether it’s high-octane party vibes at Saturday’s Culture club night – think hip hop, R&B classics and Afrobeat – or the regular Pull Up Dat Fam night, featuring grime, dancehall, soca, rap and everything in between.

There’s also Cross the Tracks with JRust and Lavan, playing funk, disco, house and garage; Jay Jay Revlon’s Let’s Have a Kiki feel-good voguing dance parties; chilled-out Sundays with all-female DJ collective Sisters of Reggae, and nights with Peckham-based creative collective Born n Bread.

Most of the people Clement works with on this busy schedule are locals, in keeping with his ethos for the pub. For example, last month’s Vegan & Vinyl Feast was a celebration of vinyl and tasty vegan food from Zionly Manna Vegan Rastarant in Rye Lane Market. the owner, Jahson Peat, grew up on the North Peckham Estate.

The pub’s food is also sourced locally wherever possible, and the weekly menu gives a nod to Peckham’s longstanding Caribbean community, putting an island twist on pub classics: jerk sausage and mash, curried mutton shepherd’s pie, Red Stripe and jerk spiced fish and chips, as well as snacks and sides like patties, saltfish fritters, wings brined in Red Stripe, and jerk fries.

There are great deals to be had too: Street Feast favourites White Men Can’t Jerk run a Saturday bottomless brunch featuring Red Stripe fried chicken and waffles among other lip-smacking goodies, as well as limitless prosecco.

Hot Mess Mondays offer visitors a huge stack of chicken wings in a range of flavours for just £10, and every Tuesday, Mates & Dates means guests can bring a mate (or a date) for two buns and fries to share for £15.

Other events include disco yoga, the University of Peckham quiz night, swing dance classes, hip hop vs grime karaoke, and spoken word and poetry nights. Your average local boozer this is not.  

“I feel like we’ve seamlessly moved into the Peckham landscape,” says Clement, reflecting on the first year in business, and his hard work to create a place that is genuinely welcoming for everyone.

“Desmond’s was my favourite show growing up – a local barber shop where everyone went. It was welcoming to everyone but unapologetically Caribbean. In the same way, I’m in Britain but I’m Nigerian, and I want this place to reflect that mash-up of cultures.

“I think it’s important for young black people to see me behind the bar. This is our community, if we’re in this community why aren’t we running the pubs? I’ve got a little girl too, and it’s important for her to see me owning something. It’s not about the self, it’s about creating a legacy.

“Just like the ‘Peckham Prince’ in Desmond’s [aka Lee Stanley, the local wheeler-dealer who was like a son to Desmond and Shirley], it’s about that mash-up of cultures in one person.

“When we were kids, everyone thought they were the ‘Peckham Prince’, that’s what inspired the name here. I think whatever part of Peckham you are from – black, white, middle class, working class, whatever – you deserve to be treated like royalty. We give people a good time.”

Peckham is clearly very dear to Clement, as he talks about community, building a network of local friends and fellow businesses. New Year’s Eve was one of the few moments he let himself have a moment of reflection: “I stood back, looked at all our regulars from the area, and thought, ‘We’ve done alright’. I want to have the same feeling every day.”

And – forever the entrepreneur – he’s already putting plans in place for that to happen. The next 12 months at the Prince of Peckham are “all about getting quality and consistency”.

This means continuing to welcome everyone from Peckham and beyond with warm, open arms, and ensuring the excitement and buzz of nights like Culture are replicated every single evening. There’s also a collaboration with the hugely popular Trap Kitchen – from Prince “Shakka” Owusu – in the pipeline.

Clement is already looking in Peckham for a second site, too. “It could be a pub, it could be a bar, but it will be similar vibe,” he says. “A really cool boozer, a home-from-home vibe.

“One of the good things about growing up in Peckham was that everyone wanted to be better and do more.”

With his community-focused pub, working with a roster of local businesses and young creatives, Clement is not only realising this dream himself, but helping others realise it for themselves, too.

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沉浸於噪音的 Andy Bell (RIDE)

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by Alex Maiolo February 08, 2016

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在'80年後期的英國，許多人仍然對於Acid House中的電子聲響喋喋不休時，一種全新的音樂風格正在當地的大學城被孕育而出。

受到那些噪音系如 My Bloody Valentine，Dinosaur Jr.或 Spacemen 3 ，以及比較夢幻系的樂團如Cocteau Twins， 帶著藝術氣息的音樂家開始探索加入更多ambient吉他紋理(textures)到搖滾中的可能性。

起源於自我解放（原文：ego-free）的龐克哲學，任何人都能組樂團， 用著回歸基礎的樂器：吉他、貝斯和鼓，他們結合Drone和旋律組成全新一代的迷幻（psychedelic）音樂。 他們常出現分離於舞台的存在感被指責為過度依賴腳下的踏板效果器， 或者更甚之，擺架子，儘管這樣說不太公平。 現在已經不存在的英國流行搖滾評論雜誌 Melody Maker[譯註：WIKI]也許也沒有察覺到根本性的轉變（paradigm shift）正在潛移默化發生， 他們被賦予(譯註1)『The Scene That Celebrates Itself』(譯註2)的稱號，並且揮手致意稱他們為 瞪鞋客(Shoegazers)。

很少人知道，即便是樂團本身，都沒有預測到這波創造性的浪潮會在十年後帶來什麼樣的影響。但是呢，在這些多類型的樂團中， A Place To Bury Strangers，Mogwai，Sigur Rós，Yeah Yeah Yeahs，and I Break Horses， 我們都能見到Slowdive，Lush，或是Telescopes等樂團的DNA。

Andy Bell 在一開始就跟到這波浪潮， 1988年，他和幾個來自牛津的朋友決定成立 Ride。 和同時代的人一樣，他們把噪音吉他加進去， 但他們特有的Vocal和聲和鏗鏘12弦吉他(譯註3)讓他們不一樣。 經過一連串成功的專輯之後，事情就結束了。 樂團在1996年解散，Bell最後成為Oasis的貝斯手近十年。

2015年10月，是RIDE極具影響力的第一張全長作品 Nowhere 25週年。 對於總是出現在「90年最佳」或是「最有影響力」的清單的 Nowhere， 它被Reissue重新發行絕對是再合適不過了。 Bell也是完成這張Reissue專輯的手冊，照片或是內頁包裝的負責人。 內含品還包括了一場在倫敦 Town & Country Club 1991年現場演出的DVD， 那是一場之前沒有被公開過的錄像而且也是樂團最巔峰時期的演出。 去年四月(2015)，宣佈重新活動的RIDE在Coachella(譯註4)演出， 一直到該年底，他們有一系列世界巡迴。 我們坐下來和Bell討論樂團歷史，瞪鞋場景的醞釀、 他聲響表現的進程以及他最愛的噪音製造者的工具。

# 吉他是你的第一個樂器嗎？

我以前有個烏克麗麗，但一直都彈不起來。 當我九歲生日時，我決定要一把吉他。 後來我得到一把基本的尼龍古典吉他然後開始上吉他課。 但我也不是真的有很多熱情，所以很快就覺得很無聊。 然後有一次，我叔叔 Pete 給我一些和弦，然後教我一些民謠。 儘管如此，我那時候還是沒有想太多。 直到有一次，我在廣播中聽到 The Smiths ，那是1983年，我13歲。 我非常，非常，非常（很重要所以講三次）喜歡那個樂團的聲音， 所以我跑去買了人生第一張卡帶，也是我所能找到他們的一張。 這就是一切的開頭，開關就這樣被打開了。 我馬上開始嘗試做出 Johnny Marr 的吉他部份。

# Marr 非常不可思議

對於第一次真正要進入學習吉他的人那真的非常難。 真的！我那時候就開始嘗試去理解「The Charming Man」。 呃，我就用我自己的版本，跟著單音走。 但這以足以讓我開始思考：我需要去學更多和弦。 這一切都非常自然。 我也沒有走向學習古典理論或是去讀五線譜。 我到今天，有時候彈E和弦都還會彈錯。 我還多上了很多課，但和之前一樣，真的很令人挫折。 老師會彈一些東西，然後我再彈一次。 但他說：『你彈得很對，但你做的不對，因為你沒有照譜彈，你只靠耳朵去彈。』 我心想：『如果我彈的對，為什麼又說我不對呢？』 當我看著五線譜，我真的閱讀困難，但我可以用耳朵輕鬆的把他們撿回來。

#你哪時候開始換成彈電吉他？

我過去都是一直邊放唱片然後用古典吉自己跟著彈。 然後我父母的朋友給我一把 Hohner 電吉他。 他是黑色，有三個拾音器，上面還有好幾個開關就像一把Jazzmaster。 我就把它拿來沒有用音箱彈了好一陣子。 然後我去了我牛津家附近的一個大拍賣會場，結果發現一個奇怪的真空管（譯註5）音箱。 我猜他是自製的，現在回想起來，這可能非常危險。

#你什麼時候才得到你認為是稱得上專業的樂器？ 那些你看的上眼的

我彈那把送的Hohner一陣子，後來拿到一把不錯的仿335型的Satellite 吉他。 我用那把做了Ride早期的東西，然後當我們被簽約時， 我就買了兩把 Rickenbacker 12弦吉他：一個 330，一個 360，一把Gretsch Tennessean。 全部都是一次在倫敦丹麥街買的。 Mark Gardener[ Ride 另位吉他手主唱 ] 也買了一把 Fender Jaguar 和 Rickenbacker。 他買了一把比約翰藍儂小的尺寸，然後我買了比較大的，像是 George Harrison或Roger McGuinn用的。

# 是披頭四，把你帶到12弦吉他嗎 對，當然是。 披頭四對我影響非常大，但 Johnny Marr也是一樣。 我總是喜歡 Harrison的彈奏，Marr 在某部份上也有類似之處： Half Chord，開放空弦彈法，同和弦不同把位，或是一些你不能夠確定是Lead還是節奏的聲線。 有時候，他們兩個都是！而且，他們兩個的 Contry 風格 picking 都非常棒。 這非常勵志，也讓我學習如何演奏。 至於在木吉他部份，我非常愛 Paul Simon。 我會彈他的 「Scarborough Fair」和「Anji」，他們都非常難。

# 這也相當程度解釋 Ride 的旋律以及 Jangly面向 噪音和侵略性是從何而來的？ 是從那時候我們周遭正在成型或是正在演出的樂團們。 我們那時候非常喜歡 The Who 的 My Generation [Youtube]。 我也愛 Rolling Stones的 Big Hits(High Tide and Green Grass)[Wiki]，裡面有 「19th Nervous Breakdown」[Youtube]的那張。 那首歌裡面的貝斯真的超吵而且超棒的。 我也喜歡那段直直降的RIFF。 我被那些歌吸引。 同時，在80年後期，我們所有身邊，空氣中，彷彿那些樂團都在我們面前出現， 像是  My Bloody Valentine， Spacemen 3 或是 Loop。 他們有一些我們發現非常非常酷的噪音元素。 音速青春(Sonic Youth) 1988年的Daydream Nation 對我們影響非常大。 我們以前寫的第一首歌是輕柔的，英倫的，用了一些大調和弦就像 The Smiths 或 Felt。 但當你回去聽，你可以輕易的分辨出：當時我們都在聽 Sonic Youth，因為我們當時開始使用噪音技術。 事情從那時候開始變得自由形式以及藝術。 「Seagull」和「Nowhere」就是這樣出現的。 My Bloody Valentine 對貝斯聲響非常大，吉他整體的夢幻感，甚至是鼓或是我們的製作過程。 我們沉浸於噪音中。

#在那時候你們沒有任何可能被 Postcard Records簽下來嗎？

在我們第一次練團的時候，我們彈了 Orange Juice的「What Presence」。

（原註：Orange Juice 是英國80年代具有影響力的樂團之一，也是第一個被Postcard廠牌簽下的樂團） Mark，Steve Queralt（Ride的貝斯手）和我成為夥伴，而且後來我們在藝術學校遇到 Loz（Laurence Colbert，鼓手）。 當我們在他媽媽家中練團時，我們都還不知道彼此，所以我們必須試圖了解彼此。 我們還彈了Stooges的「I Wanna Be Your Dog」，New Order的New Order「Blue Monday」以及 The Smiths 的「How Soon Is Now」。

#聽起來，樂團的DNA在第一次練習之後就完全準備好了

對，但必須澄清，當我說「演那些歌」，我當然是指「嘗試演這些歌」（笑）。 後來，我們試出來的曲調就變成其他種了。 比方說，「How Soon is Now」演變成了我們的「Drive Blind」。

#The Stooges 似乎對那場景很重要。

Swervedriver 也提到他們。 Swervedriver 的前身是 Shake Appeal（這其實是 The Stooges的一首歌名）而且他們是牛津那時候最大的樂團。 每個人都非常敬畏他們。 他們真是可怕的混蛋。透過他們，我們知道更多 The Stooges而且被像是「1969」，「No Fun」所吸引。 我們也學了「I Wanna Be Your Dog」因為他最簡單。

#它似乎是Punk搖滾裡面的「鋼鐵人」 #你提到的，抽象藝術也影響樂團。樂團比如 Mission of Burma 和 Gang of Four都說過一樣的事。 #怎麼說呢？

我們三人曾經就讀北牛津科技學院和班柏里(Banbury)的藝術學校。 我們充滿了視覺，知覺以及解構，所以將這些理論運用到音樂上並非是一個大跳躍。 在藝術學校很棒的一件事是有一份精彩的閱讀清單。 John Berger的「觀看的方式」和 Robert Hughes「新世界的震撼」展示了80年代後期最前衛的思維：什麼是藝術以及它和我們有什麼關係。 我們都是...非常藝術的人，但諷刺地是，唯一沒有上過藝術學校的人是 Steve。 他在一家唱片行上班，也是在我們視覺上影響最大的人。 他創建了我們EP和專輯所有的圖像。 他在公寓的牆壁上有一堆這些藝術照片，也可以讓我們的有人像圖片（像是 Nastassja Kinski 或 Sophia Loren）傳單放上去。 藝術和性感女演員是在那之前我們的老方式。 在專輯開始錄製之前，我們已經有了 Nowhere（一張海波浪的圖片）的封套。 當我們去錄音時我們把那張圖片帶到錄音室。

# Jericho Tavern(音譯：傑里科酒館)似乎是牛津音樂場景的中心。你們有在那邊演出過嗎？

是啊，很多樂團都是在那邊做第一次演出（包含 Radiohead 或 Supergrass）。 他是一家Pub的樓上。 我們只有四首歌所以我們必須用一些東西填滿一個Set，所以我們演了一首歌叫：Mind Fuck。 他其實後來變成我們的歌「Drive Blind」其中比較大聲的部份，然後用慢一點的節奏。 所以我們就用五分鐘做了 「Chelsea Girl」，「Mind Fuck」，然後是「I Wanna Be Your Dog」然後「Chelsea Girl」...再一次（笑）。 用大音量演出真的非常棒。這本身就非常鼓舞人心的。 我們就想著：『就用這個吧，根據音量和噪音去做發想然後善用 P.A。』

#你覺得你和同場景的其他樂團中有親和力嗎？

我們和 Slowdive，Lush，Chapterhouse都是朋友。 我也和Blur是非常好的朋友，雖然他們不被認為是「瞪鞋」。 事實上，Blur的 Graham Coxon讓我對Les Paul和歪斜音符有更多興趣，這在12弦吉他上是比較困難的。 在 1992的 Going Blank Again，裡面有很多用Les Paul 做的歪斜音符。 真的，所有的樂團都彼此尊重，沒有一點高傲姿態（原文：macho posturing）。 當你還不大的時候，競爭不是那麼多。你不過是同個地下樂團圈的所有的其中一個。 我們都彼此互相知道，而且和一些早一點進入樂團圈的成為了朋友，像是 My Bloody Valentine 或 Primal Scream。

#Ride和效果器非常有關係 你們很早就開始使用嗎？

我當時就用了，但都非常基本的。 我有一個小Boss綜效：Delay，Chorus，Distortion和一個我忘記什麼功能了。 不過，最重要的一件事是當我加了一顆 哇哇(Wah)踏板時。 當我有了那個，他就好像：『啊啊啊啊....歐耶』 我每次都用它，用到其他人都說：『Andy...你能不能控制一點...』 每一首歌都不能『哇嗚啊哇啊』 我還是一直用，但現在比較多用在solo的boost上面了。 我已經了解我用它的風格。我知道它的範圍在哪，哪裡是我要的Tone。 有時候，我就只是把它打開，然後就放在那邊（譯註6）。

#當你進錄音室錄音的時候你是否對場地所能夠提供的聲音感到興奮，我指的就是現在你所產出的那些屬於自己的聲音美學

我們的第一張EP基本上是從Demo中拼湊出來的，真的。 第二張EP則是有些想法然後進錄音室做出來的。 我們做了四首歌，然後用完所有素材，所以我們為了整張專輯[Nowhere]做了大量的Jam， 但我們並沒有採用因為我們決定把舊的東西丟掉。 我們想要在 [Nowhere] 中從零開始。 我們花了更多時間在控制室然後掌握更多我們的歌。 當我們做EP時，我們和錄音工程師吵架。整件事就是一場大戰。 事情有正確與錯誤的方式，但在他腦中我們就是一直在用錯誤的方法。 在那時候，我們準備製作[Nowhere]，我們找到了 Marc Waterman。 他曾經在EMI demoing 錄音室工作，在那裡我們準備專輯的地方，而且他年紀和我們一樣大。 我們知道我們可以和他合作。 不僅僅是因為他不會一直說No而且他會說：『哇，超酷的，就做這個』。 Nowhere是他的第一個突破：從錄音工程師轉為製作人。 這件事是這樣的：我們把他推上火線所以他有點疲憊，所以 Alan Moulder[Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails] 來幫我們混音。 他(Alan)則後來當我們下一張專輯 [Going Blank Again.]的製作人。 錄音是一個進程，我們花更多時間在錄音控制室，用一些像是 Eventide 的 Ultra-Harmonizer在吉他上，特別是Lead吉他部份。 我們用Slave卡式機器，用一些逆向聲響，放慢速度再加速，編輯兩首歌再一起。 在 Nowhere中，我們有很多「把錄音室當作個樂器（原文：studio as an instrument）」的概念。 雖然 Nowhere比起以往的EP複雜許多，但他的核心還是一個基本的排練側錄(rehearsal cpatured)。

#在演出中重現錄音應該是一個挑戰吧

我們每首歌都有好幾個版本然後演示他們最後再把它做成專輯。 但當我們現場演出時，我們回到歌曲的最初版本，就是在製作前的樣子。 把現場做的完全和錄音一模一樣不是必要的。 我們在錄音室做過「Seagull」[Nowhere的] 好幾個take，然後其中一個變成專輯中的版本， 但在現場，它每次都會不一樣。 我們唯一一次回去聽整張專輯參考時，已經是很久之後的事：我們重聚時。 像是「Cool Your Boots」[收錄在Going Blank Again專輯] 歌中有一些隨機的東西，我們必須回去複習它。 現在的巡演中，我們已經能夠使用比較新的技術。 在過去，我們永遠聽不到我們在唱什麼或是在做什麼，只能聽到吉他和鼓的轟鳴聲。 現在，有了耳內監聽，我們可以聽到所有清澈的聲音。 它讓我們演的比以往都還要來的好！

#奇怪的是，在某方面來說效果器盤已經成為比較低的技術，但你們還是在用單顆效果器

對，一開始時我用 Boss DS-1 distortion，Cry Baby 娃娃和機櫃式的Roland GP-16。 用它們來做所有聲音。 現在我有兩個效果器盤，和一堆單顆(stompboxes)效果器沒有機櫃式的。 我現在有顆逆向(backwards)吉他效果器，願望終於成真。 Eventide 的 TimeFactor 讓我可以做像是在彈奏 「Seagull」前奏中的聲音，就像當初錄音錄的那樣。

#在這次巡演中，你有用你之前的任何吉他嗎？

有，兩把以前我們簽約時候買的 Rickenbacker 12弦都有。 我目前都還在用那把我拿來錄「Seagull」和「Vapour Trail」[也是來自專輯Nowhere]的吉他。

#作為一個吉他手，有任何你想研究但還沒做的嗎？

我現在正在我吉他旁邊弄一個非常大的合成器 modular。 紐約的 Snazzy FX 已經幫我做一些東西讓我可以接上吉他然後當作 CV 控制器。 了解 module 很有趣。Make Noise的Phonogene是我的最愛之一。 這好像就是為我設計的，我非常興奮。 我將會用它來錄音然後釋出新的音樂。

#ANDY BELL’S GEAR 

##Guitars

   2—1967 Gibson Trini Lopez models with Bigsby vibratos

   Rickenbacker 360/12

   Rickenbacker 330/12

   1967 Gibson Hummingbird

   1966 Fender Jazzmaster

## Amps

  Marshall 2061X 20-watt head

  vintage Marshall 1960A slant front 4x12 cab

##Effects

   Boss TU-3 Tuner

   Dunlop BG95 Buddy Guy Cry Baby wah

   Ibanez CP9 Compressor/Limiter (always on)

   Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe compressor 

   MXR Micro Amp (usually on)

   Boss DD-3 Digital Delay

   Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano reverb (on “Hall” setting)

   Strymon Mobius modulation pedal

   Eventide TimeFactor Delay

   Gollmer ’60s Trem

   Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

   Fulltone Octafuzz

   Eventide Space reverb

##Strings and Picks

   Various brands of .010 sets

   Jim Dunlop .73 mm

**譯註: ** 

1.原文使用dubbed，帶有中古歐洲文化，以劍輕觸肩膀策封騎士等意義。 

2.延伸閱讀：巴西瞪鞋廠牌 The Blog That Celebrates Itself (TBTCI) 源自此，仍致力於推廣瞪鞋音樂。 

3.原文使用：Jangly 

4.Coachella：每年在美國加州的音樂祭，為世界知名大型音樂節。 

5.原文使用 Valve  

6.Wah 踏板效果器透過踏板改變吉他Tone，搖滾常見手法是透過快速踩動獲得Wah聲，但若開著不動，則可以改變吉他Tone聲。

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by Amba Shepherd [AS&CO] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguB7wcJikA * Madison Mars feat. 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The next installment of Crystal Valley families is the Lopez Family!

Formatting will be slightly different, since despite being one of the first families of Crystal Valley, they were one of my later recreations! As such, I did tweak the format of how I got their pictures, so each family member has their own individual headshot. Family Description:

The Lopez family has always been an eccentric bunch, especially when it comes to business ventures. Will they find sweet success or miserable failure in Crystal Valley?

Let's start with the parents again for this household!

Carlos Lopez

Aspiration: Fortune

Secondary: N/A

LTW: Become a Business Tycoon (Business)

Personality: Gemini (4/7/8/3/3)

Turn Ons and Turn Offs: Makeup, Black Hair; Stink

Job: Owner of Meals by Lopez

Skills: 5/3/3/4/3/3/4

Talent Badges: Silver (Sales); Cash Register (Bronze)

Bio: Carlos had always dreamed of owning his own business, and now that dream became a reality! Can he help support his family with this new restaurant in Crystal Valley?

Elena Lopez

Aspiration: Fortune

Secondary: N/A

LTW: Become a World-Class Ballet Dancer (Dance)

Personality: Pisces (4/3/7/3/7)

Turn Ons and Turn Offs: Black Hair, Charismatic; Stink

Job: Manager of CV Bank and Trust

Skills: 3/3/3/2/5/2/2

Talent Badges: Silver (Cash Register); Bronze (Sales, Restocking)

Bio: Recently, Elena has been promoted to manager at the CV Bank and Trust branch. How will she juggle this new work responsibility with her family life?

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ALIIFF to screen over 100 Movies from across the world

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ALIIFF to screen over 100 Movies from across the world

The 4th All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF) will be held at PVR Cinemas, Inorbit Mall,Hyderabad from Dec 1-4, 2018.

The opening movie of ALIIFF 2018 will be the Iran’s OSCAR Runner of this year’s foreign film category “No Date, No Signature “by Vahid Jalilvand

Hyderabad, November 23, 2018– Indywood Film Carnival, the much anticipated entertainment fiesta of the year, will be held at HITEX Convention Centre from December 1st to 5th 2018. The Carnival is expected to accelerate the growth of Indian Film Industry through materialising big budget movie projects, co-production ventures and B2B meet generating business worth Rs 500 crore.

The fourth edition of Indywood Film Carnival (IFC 2018), a flagship venture of 10 billion USD Project Indywood, aims to elevate Indian cinema to an international level. IFC 2018 will be one-stop platform for showcasing the latest technology and future possibilities in the entire spectrum of film making, skill development, pre-production, production, technical support, post-production, distribution, marketing and release among others.

All Lights India International Film Festival (ALIIFF)  – the flagship event of Indywood Film Carnival,  will screen over 100 movies from nearly 50 countries. Cinema lovers can expect a grand visual experience with PVR Inorbit Mall set to open its 4 theater screens for the film festival, as they being the Exculsive Multiplex Partner. The films will be screened in top quality screens with the famous PVR service experience offered in full. Around 16 movies will be screened per day and the films will include premiers of National and International Films.

The 4th edition of ALIIFF will see the screening of feature films with a long list of must watch short films and documentaries from across the world. There will be most awaited films from the World Cinema and the movies from this year’s Oscar race too. A tribute segment to the legendary Iranian director Late Mr. Abbas Kiarostami, is another highlight of the festival. Celebrity red carpet walks, exclusive Media Interactions and Q&A sessions with the industry’s leading directors and celebrities will also be held at the venue during the festival.

For more details, please log on to www.aliiff.com

Given below is the list of films that will be screened in the festival’s competition and non competition Sections:

Opening  Movie

No Date, No Signature by Vahid Jalilvand

Iran |2017|104 Mins

International Competition for Feature Films

Pupa  by Indrasis Acharya India | 2018 | 109 Mins

  The Bird Was Not A Bird by Ahmad Zia Arash Afghanistan | 2017 | 90 Mins

  ROBIN by Toby Schmutzler Germany | 2018 | 75 Mins

  The Third Wish by Vit Karas Czech Republic | 2017| 102 Mins

  INDIGO LAKE by MARTIN SIMPSON Australia | 2017 | 92 Mins

  Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva

Russia | 2018 | 77 Mins

  Amir by Nima Eghlima

Iran | 2018 | 106 Mins

  International Competition for Debut  Director’s Films

Octav by Serge Ioan Celebidachi Romania | 2017 | 100 Mins

  Kupal by Kazem Mollaie Iran | 2017 | 81 Mins

  Miracle of Christmas by Eri Tsukimoto Japan | 2018 | 115 Mins

  Aalorukkam  by V C abhilash India | 2017 | 116 Mins

  Delia & Sammy  by Therese Cayaba

Philippines | 2018 | 84 Mins

  Kiko Boksingero by Thop Nazareno

Philippines | 2017 | 79 Mins

  Runaway (Uronchondi) by Abhishek Saha

India | 2018 | 101 Mins

  International Competition for Indywood Panorama

Painting Life by Dr.Bijukumar Damodaran

India | 2018| 145 Mins

  Karim Mohammed by Pawan Kumar Sharma

India | 2017 | 99 Mins

  SINJAR by Sandeep Pampally

India | 2017 | 115 Mins

  Dear Molly by Gajendra Ahire

India | 2018|  91 Mins

TOLET by Chezhiyan Ra

India | 2017|99 Mins

  The Golden Mountain  by Parambrata Chattopadhyay

India | 2018|131 Mins

  International Competition for Short Films

MASHHAD by Shabu Kilithattil

U A E | 2018 | 18 Mins

  Raagasoothram by Sreejith Nampoothiry

India | 2017 | 27 Mins

  The Waiting Place by Karishma Jhalani

India | 2018 | 25 Mins

  The President’s Visit  by Cyril Aris

U S A | 2017 | 19 Mins

  The Gray Line by Saki Farzana

Bangladesh | 2018 | 18 Mins

  Banshi (The Flute) by Kaushik Sengupta

India | 2018 | 20 Mins

  NAGARUM NODIYIL by Raj Eshwar

India | 2018 | 18 Mins

  Let Me Breathe by Donald Roman Lopez

U S A | 2018 | 15 Mins

  The Drainage by Vikrant Ramdas Badarkhe

India | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Quarter by Vishal Shinde

India | 2018 | 22 Mins

  Fhedi  by Anne Alfred

Egypt  | 2018 | 11 Mins

  Sacred Hair by  MARIO MORIN

Canada | 2017 | 13 Mins

  The Domestic Fly by Áron Horváth

Slovenia | 2017 | 10 Mins

  TRACES  by Guichart Cecilia

Luxembourg | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Midnight Run by Remya Raj

India | 2018 | 14 Mins

  Silver Bangles by Roshan Bikram Thakuri

Nepal | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Gaze by Farnoosh Samadi

Italy | 2017 | 14 Mins

  A Gentle Night by QIU Yang

China | 2017 | 15 Mins

  The Son, the Father… by Lukas Hassel

U S A | 2017 | 13 Mins

  Joy by Vladimir Munkuev

Russia | 2018 | 23 Mins

  International Competition for Student Short Films

Rouff  by Markus Eschrich, Johannes Lumer, Benjamin Brand, Julius Rosen, Johannes Engelhardt

Germany | 2017 | 7 Mins

  Mimesis by Rafael Trejo Ortega

Mexico | 2018 | 30 Mins

  The Lie Game by Jyothi Kalyan Sura

U S A | 2018 | 14 Mins

  Behind High Walls by Sherine Sabry, Frank Bartscheck II

Egypt | 2018 | 12 Mins

  Lakshmi  by Shashank Mhasawade

India | 2018 | 27 Mins

  Saad (Calling)  by Kunika Kharat

India | 2017 | 20 Mins

  Hers Truly by Sherine Sabry, Frank Bartscheck II

Egypt | 2018 | 12 Mins

  Breaking Out by Heshvanth Gurukul

India | 2018 | 24 Mins

  Through the looking glass by Rakesh Varma

India | 2018 | 22 Mins

    International Competition for Documentaries

ABDUL and JOSE by Luigi Acquisto

Australia | 2017 | 52 Mins

  The Girl and The Picture by Vanessa Roth

U S A | 2018 | 39 Mins

  The Borrowed Dress by Leen Alfaisal

U A E | 2017 |56 Mins

  The Barre by hyuk-rho LEE

South Korea| 2018 | 47 Mins

  Women and Religion in India  by Disha Arora

India | 2018 | 36 Mins

  Wounded Gold by Mustafa Hadziibrahimovic

Netherlands | 2017 | 50 Mins

  Art and Lega Power by Richard UYER THUMITHO

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2017 |47 Mins

  Out of Competition Category

Children  & Animated Films

Pale white by Gholamreza Jafari

Afghanistan| 2017 | 8 Mins

  Leo Minor by Tai Wedekind

France| 2017 | 8 Mins

  Blows With The Wind by Hazhir As’adi

Iran| 2017 | 7 Mins

  The Fixies: Top Secret  by Vasiko Bedoshvili ,Andrey Kolpin,Ivan Pshonkin

Russia | 2017 | 80 Mins

  Short Film Show case

TYSON by SANJAY BHATIA

India |2018 | 13 Mins

  A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart

U K| 2018 | 12 Mins

  UNDO by CV Ramana

India| 2018| 18 Mins

  The Opaque by Anish Kunnath

Singapore | 2018 | 15 Mins

  THE REHABILITATION (PUNARUTHARANAM ) by NAVARAJ R S

India| 2018 | 11 Mins

  VIGHATANE by Ram Manjjonaath

India | 2018 | 8 Mins

  Chime  by Ram Emani V S Nanda Kishore

India | 2018 | 10 Mins

  World Cinema

The Frozen Fire by Anuruddha Jayasinghe

Sri Lanka| 2018 | 130 Mins

  Memories by Soo Sung Lee

South Korea | 2017 | 96 Mins

  I’Father by Mark Norfolk

Kosovo| 2018 | 91 Mins

  Village Rock star by Rima Das

India | 2017 | 87 Mins

  According to Mathew by Chandran Rutnam

Sri Lanka | 2018 | 120 Mins

  The Road to Sunrise by Charles Shemu Joyah

Malawi | 2017 |145 Mins

  Tribute to  Abbas Kiarostami

  Taste of Cherry  by Abbas Kiarostami

Iran| 1997 | 95 Mins

  Wind will carry us by Abbas Kiarostami

Iran| 1999 | 118 Mins

  Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami

Iran| 2010 | 106 Mins

  Special Screening

Aickarakkonathe Bhishaguaranmaar by Biju Majeed

India| 2018 | 129 Mins

  Firdaws by Mayur Puri

India | 2017 | 17 Mins

  Baba Joom by Yuval Delshad

Israel | 2015 | 91 Mins

  NAWAL THE JEWEL by RENJILAL DAMODARAN

India | 2017 | 121 Mins

  ANDARKAHINI [SELF-EXILE] by Arnab K Middya

India | 2017 | 86 Mins

  Guest Country – Iran

Forbidden by Hassan Yekta Panah

Iran| 2017 | 98 Mins

  Lollipop by Mohammad Hossein Farahbakhsh

Iran | 2016 | 83 Mins

  Privacy by Ahmad Moazzami

Iran | 2017 | 80 Mins

  TIME TO LOVE by Alireza Raissian

Iran | 2015 | 95 Mins

  Locked In by Nadira murray, Pavel shepan

Iran | 2017 | 15 Mins

  Shoor Abad by Arash seyfi

Iran | 2018|15 Mins

  Focus Country – Russia

Hymn to the Great City by Andrei Yehmov

Russia | 2018|49 Mins

  My Name is Makhaz by Inar Narmania

Russia | 2018|14 Mins

  Two Halves (SOUL MATES) by Baybulat Batullin

Russia | 2017|15 Mins

  Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva

Russia | 2018 | 77 Mins

  The Fixies: Top Secret  by Vasiko Bedoshvili , Andrey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin

Russia | 2017 | 80 Mins

  A Hellish Chaos by Sergey Debizhev

Russia | 2017 | 110 Mins

  Joy by Vladimir Munkuev

Russia | 2018 | 23 Mins

  About Indywood

NRI businessman Sohan Roy, Chairman and CEO of UAE based Aries Group of Companies, is the

founder director of 10 billion US dollar Project Indywood which aims to elevate the Indian Film

Industry to global standards in the next five years through a consortium of 2000 Indian

billionaires and corporates. A serial entrepreneur who is consistently featured in Forbes Middle East’s list of Top 50 business owners and a Hollywood filmmaker of Indian origin, Sohan Roy aims to establish 10,000 4K projection multiplex screens, 100,000 2K/4K projection home cinemas, 8K/4K film studios, 100 animation/VFX studios and film schools adhering to international standards through Indywood.